Peabody Award Nominees Include ‘Sugarcane,’ ‘Black Box Diaries,’ ‘Will & Harper’
Philiana Ng
The Wrap
The Peabody Awards revealed the nominees on Tuesday in the Documentary, News, Public Service and Radio/Podcast categories, which were selected by the Board of Jurors. Nominees were chosen by a unanimous vote of 27 jurors from more than 1,000 entries from multiple categories.
In the Documentary category, Oscar-nominated films “Sugarcane” and “Black Box Diaries” lead the way, along with Will Ferrell’s “Will & Harper,” “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” “The Last of the Sea Women” and 14 other nominees.
In the News category, 10 documentaries are in the running including investigative programs from PBS’ “Frontline,” “PBS NewsHour,” Al Jazeera English, Vice News, ABC News and NBC News. Topics range from China’s rise to a global superpower, the Israeli military’s attacks on Gaza and allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea amid the country’s foreign adoption boom.
Four nominees make up the Public Service category, while a dozen nominations represent the Radio/Podcast shortlist,...See full article at The Wrap