Miami Herald Wins First Emmy
for Haitian Documentary
- Saturday, 03 December 2011 23:26
LOS ANGELES, USA (defend.ht) - The Miami Herald Media Co. won it's first Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Saturday for Nou Bouke (We're Tired), a documentary about Haiti after the earthquake of January 12, 2010.
"With the second anniversary of that catastrophic earthquake approaching, we hope this award will serve to bring attention to the many needs still facing that nation," said Nancy San Martin, the film’s executive producer and The Miami Herald’s interactive editor.
“Haiti remains far from recovery.”
Announced on Saturday, the Emmy is a regional award in the documentary-topical category. The film was a project of The Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald in association with WPBT2, a local PBS station.
Joe Cardona directed Nou Bouke, which was narrated by Haitian author Edwidge Danticat and aired nationally on PBS. Jacqueline Charles, the Herald’s Haiti correspondent, was associate producer and el Nuevo Herald’s Jose Iglesias was director of photography.
"The earthquake was an important piece of history to document for Haiti as well as South Florida’s Haitian community, " said Cardona, an independent Miami filmmaker, who also was nominated for two other films: Albita: Toda Una Vida, Cuban Masterworks, about Cuban singer Albita, and a Bay of Pigs invasion documentary.
<p>Nou Bouke [We're Tired]: Haiti's Past, Present And Future from The Miami Herald on Vimeo.</p>
In less than a minute, as many as 300,00 people were dead - buried beneath a pile of rubble from the Western Hemisphere's most devastating natural disaster. Nou Bouke: Haiti's Past, Present and Future, is an hour-long documentary produced by The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald in association with WPBT2 and directed by Joe Cardona. Nou Bouke, a Creole term for "We're Tired," focuses on Haiti's past, present and future in light of the apocalyptic January 12, 2010 earthquake that now marks a new chapter in the nation's history. The documentary presents a comprehensive look at the Haitian polemic as the Caribbean nation faces its most challenging crossroads due to the immense loss of life and destruction. It depicts the many perspectives that surround the hopes and aspirations of the Haitian people as they move forward into a future full of uncertainty.