University of Arkansas Filmmakers Score Six Regional Emmy Nominations
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Three films produced by faculty, students and staff at the University of Arkansas have collected a total of six Emmy nominations from the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Four of those nominations went to the documentary film The Buffalo Flows. University journalism professor Larry Foley wrote and produced the film, which recounts the battle to preserve and protect the Buffalo River, which ended with the creation of the nation’s first national river. The film was nominated in the category of Cultural Documentary; Foley was nominated in the category of Writer/Program; Trey Marley was nominated in the category of Photographer/Program; and university music professor James Greeson, who composed and performed the film’s sound track, was nominated in the category of Musical Composition/Arrangement.
“This film was a project I had wanted to work on for years, and I'm thrilled people seem to like it,” said Foley. “I had a dream team working with me. Trey Marley's photography is brilliant, Dale Carpenter does a masterful job editing the stories together, and James Greeson's musical score may be his finest effort ever. University faculty members Kim Smith, David Stahle, Walter Manger, Tom Hapgood and George Sabo played critical roles in research, production and story development as well, and several of them appear in the film as on-camera experts.”
The Buffalo Flows will air nationally on PBS, at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6.
A student-made documentary, KURM Radio: Soapbox of the Air, was nominated in the category Student Production/Non-News Program. The film was produced by Kelley Miller, Nikki Wise and Hayot Tuychiev, students in two graduate-level documentary production courses taught by Foley and journalism professor Dale Carpenter. A three-minute video “University of Arkansas Sustainability,” produced by the Global Campus media services department was also nominated for an Emmy award in the category of Advanced Media – Informational/Instructional. The video was produced by Chris Erwin, business development manager for the Global Campus; Mandel Samuels, media services director; Nick Brown, executive assistant for sustainability; and members of the media services staff. The video was created to educate students and the community about some of the university’s sustainability efforts over the past year.
The video is available for viewing at these links:
Award winners will be announced at the 2009 Emmy Gala on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in St. Louis.Topics
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