Entertainment Industries Council
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The Entertainment Industries Council is a 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 PRISM Awards concentrate on drug, alcohol and tobacco issues. Past winners and nominees have included the films Walk the Line, 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, and General Hospital.[1]
EDGE Awards
The EDGE Awards concentrate on accurate depiction of the issues of gun safety and gun violence.[2]
References
- ^ a b PRISM Awards official site
- ^ "About EIC". Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. Retrieved 2007-05-14.