L.A. students tops at CTAs
Students from USC, UCLA and Northwestern University were among those taking first place in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's 28th annual College Television Awards, which were handed out Saturday in a black-tie gala ceremony at Culver Studios.
Octavio Warnock-Graham from City College in New York was the recipient of two special awards for his documentary "Silences", in which a biracial son confronts his mother and experiences her refusal to acknowledge that he is of African-American descent. He was presented with award for achievement in the direction of a comedy, documentary or drama as well as the Bricker Humanitarian Award, for which he received $4,000.
Ellie Burrows and Kunal Savkur of Northwestern University in Chicago won in the comedy category for "The Detention Teacher", which centers on a high school detention teacher who, after a fight with his wife, forces two people who would never talk otherwise to have a nonstop conversation for an entire detention period.
Octavio Warnock-Graham from City College in New York was the recipient of two special awards for his documentary "Silences", in which a biracial son confronts his mother and experiences her refusal to acknowledge that he is of African-American descent. He was presented with award for achievement in the direction of a comedy, documentary or drama as well as the Bricker Humanitarian Award, for which he received $4,000.
Ellie Burrows and Kunal Savkur of Northwestern University in Chicago won in the comedy category for "The Detention Teacher", which centers on a high school detention teacher who, after a fight with his wife, forces two people who would never talk otherwise to have a nonstop conversation for an entire detention period.
- 4/2/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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