Gabriel Award winner
“Meet the Elverums,” a documentary that I made for CBC’s the Sunday Edition, has won first place in the Radio Documentary, National Release category at the Gabriel Awards. It’s about a family in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, and I worked with documentary maker Dick Miller and the show’s documentary producer, Karen Levine, to create it.
The Gabriel Awards are presented annually and honour North American film, television, radio and digital media outlets for “outstanding artistic achievement in media that entertains and enriches with a true vision of humanity and a true vision of life.”
“The single most important criterion of a Gabriel winning program is its ability to uplift and nourish the human spirit. Gabriel-worthy programs affirm the dignity of human beings, and recognize and uphold universally-recognized human values such as community, creativity, tolerance, justice, compassion and the dedication to excellence.” — The Gabriel Awards
The awards are given by the Catholic Press Association and are for both secular and religious programming.
I could never have made this story without the open minds and hearts of the Elverums in particular, and the community of Pond Inlet in general. Qujannamiik, thank you.
