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===PRISM Awards=== |
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The ''Annual PRISM Awards'' honors the creative community for accurate portrayals of substance abuse, addiction and mental health in entertainment programming. Past winners and nominees have included the films ''[[Walk the Line]]'', ''[[Thirteen (film)|Thirteen]]'', ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]'', ''[[City of God (2002 film)|City of God]]'', ''[[Skins (film)|Skins]]'', ''[[Blow (film)|Blow]]'', ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]'', ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'' and ''[[Purgatory House (film)|Purgatory House]]''. TV shows, episodes and movies of the week honored have included programs such as: ''[[Augusta, Gone]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', ''[[Pinky and the Brain]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Boston Legal]]'', ''[[American Dad]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', and ''[[General Hospital]]''.<ref name=prism /> |
The ''Annual PRISM Awards'' honors the creative community for accurate portrayals of substance abuse, addiction and mental health in entertainment programming. Past winners and nominees have included the films ''[[Walk the Line]]'', ''[[Thirteen (film)|Thirteen]]'', ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]'', ''[[City of God (2002 film)|City of God]]'', ''[[Skins (film)|Skins]]'', ''[[Blow (film)|Blow]]'', ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]'', ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'' and ''[[Purgatory House (film)|Purgatory House]]''. TV shows, episodes and movies of the week honored have included programs such as: ''[[Augusta, Gone]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', ''[[Pinky and the Brain]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Boston Legal]]'', ''[[American Dad]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'' |
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===EDGE Awards=== |
===EDGE Awards=== |
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Revision as of 19:33, 26 April 2012
The Entertainment Industries Council is a United States non-profit organization founded in 1983 that promotes the depiction of accurate health and social issues in film, television, music, and comic books. The Council provides guidelines on the depictions of these issues to the entertainment industry, generally promoting content that includes negative consequences of addiction, dependency and violence.[1]
EIC Awards
The Entertainment Industries Council honors films and television programs that make a positive difference in the world honoring film and TV programs which portray realistic depictions of dependence, in an annual, star-studded, televised awards show.
PRISM Awards
The Annual PRISM Awards honors the creative community for accurate portrayals of substance abuse, addiction and mental health in entertainment programming. Past winners and nominees have included the films Walk the Line, Thirteen, Ray, City of God, Skins, Blow, Traffic, The Insider and Purgatory House. TV shows, episodes and movies of the week honored have included programs such as: Augusta, Gone, Monk, The Office, Desperate Housewives, Pinky and the Brain, ER, Boston Legal, American Dad, The Simpsons, Castle and General Hospital.[1]
EDGE Awards
The EDGE Awards concentrate on accurate depiction of the issues of gun safety and gun violence.[2]
Joyce Foundation Funding
The EIC received an 18 month, $125,000 grant in 2004 from the Joyce Foundation, a major financial sponsor of gun control organizations[3]
References
- ^ a b PRISM Awards official site
- ^ "About EIC". Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. Retrieved 2007-05-14. [dead link]
- ^ Joyce Foundation grant information
External links
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