HBO Max’s The Janes was among the top winners at the 44th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards on Wednesday, with the film — centered on a pre-Roe v. Wade abortion network in Chicago — taking home best documentary as well as best social issue documentary.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) presented the Documentary category winners during a live ceremony at the Palladium Times Square in New York City and streamed live on NATAS’ viewing platform powered by Vimeo, the second of a two-night celebration. The News category winners were announced in a ceremony held at the Palladium on Wednesday.
Scheduled presenters at the Thursday night Docs ceremony included HBO Documentary & Family Programming’s Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, reporter Jelani Cobb, Nothing Compares director Kathryn Ferguson, NPR host and Is That Black Enough for You?!? writer-director Elvis Mitchell, Doc NYC co-founder Thom Powers and National Geographic correspondent Mariana van Zeller.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) presented the Documentary category winners during a live ceremony at the Palladium Times Square in New York City and streamed live on NATAS’ viewing platform powered by Vimeo, the second of a two-night celebration. The News category winners were announced in a ceremony held at the Palladium on Wednesday.
Scheduled presenters at the Thursday night Docs ceremony included HBO Documentary & Family Programming’s Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, reporter Jelani Cobb, Nothing Compares director Kathryn Ferguson, NPR host and Is That Black Enough for You?!? writer-director Elvis Mitchell, Doc NYC co-founder Thom Powers and National Geographic correspondent Mariana van Zeller.
- 9/29/2023
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix's new "I Am Vanessa Guillen" is not your typical true-crime documentary. It tells the story of 20-year-old Vanessa Guillen, who went missing at Texas's Fort Hood Army base, where she had been sexually harassed. Months after her disappearance, Guillen's remains were found. Instead of your typical lurid murder/sexual-assault story, exploring who did it and why, the doc zooms in on the systemic injustices that allowed Guillen's murder to happen and left it unsolved for so long and her family's successful work to chip away at that system after her tragic death.
"There are still so many victims of sexual misconduct and violence suffering in silence, and they deserved a film that did more than focus on the horrific details of the crime or the investigation, which only goes so far," documentary director and producer Christy Wegener tells Popsugar. "The Guillen family deserved more as well. So many...
"There are still so many victims of sexual misconduct and violence suffering in silence, and they deserved a film that did more than focus on the horrific details of the crime or the investigation, which only goes so far," documentary director and producer Christy Wegener tells Popsugar. "The Guillen family deserved more as well. So many...
- 12/9/2022
- by Cristina Escobar
- Popsugar.com
More than two years after the brutal murder of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, the only person to be charged in connection to her death has pleaded guilty to accessory to murder after the fact and three other charges.
Guillen, who was 20 at the time, disappeared from Fort Hood Army base in Texas on April 22, 2020. Her remains were discovered on June 30, and investigators determined she’d been bludgeoned to death on the base by another soldier, Aaron David Robinson, who then dismembered and hid her body elsewhere. Robinson, who was in custody at the time, escaped and fled, and later killed himself with a handgun when law enforcement attempted to capture him.
Cecily Aguilar was Robinson’s girlfriend and investigators accused her of helping Robinson dismember Guillen and hide her remains. Aguilar was arrested on July 2 and told investigators that Robinson murdered Guillen to conceal his relationship with Aguilar.
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Guillen, who was 20 at the time, disappeared from Fort Hood Army base in Texas on April 22, 2020. Her remains were discovered on June 30, and investigators determined she’d been bludgeoned to death on the base by another soldier, Aaron David Robinson, who then dismembered and hid her body elsewhere. Robinson, who was in custody at the time, escaped and fled, and later killed himself with a handgun when law enforcement attempted to capture him.
Cecily Aguilar was Robinson’s girlfriend and investigators accused her of helping Robinson dismember Guillen and hide her remains. Aguilar was arrested on July 2 and told investigators that Robinson murdered Guillen to conceal his relationship with Aguilar.
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- 11/30/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
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