interpretive media awards.
long video.
An audiovisual product 15 or more minutes long interpreting a resource, site, facility, event, or organization/ agency, including products designed for download, broadcast use and/or available for purchase.
2017.
first place.
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (NRRA) | Generations
Silver Fir Media and the National Park Service
Visitors explore the rich history and ecology of the Big South Fork NRRA, proving you’re never too young or old to set off on an adventure.
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (NRRA) | Generations
Silver Fir Media and the National Park Service
Visitors explore the rich history and ecology of the Big South Fork NRRA, proving you’re never too young or old to set off on an adventure.
2016.
first place.
Where Ice & Ocean Meet: Kenai Fjords National Park
North Shore Productions
Where Ice and Ocean Meet is a twenty-minute film that plays in the visitor center at Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, AK. The film is subtitled in English and is available with audio description. A film was used as a primary interpretive element because much of the park is inaccessible to visitors (due to the cost of accessing its remote areas by boat or float plane), and film was the best way to introduce visitors to the full geographic range of the Park.
Where Ice & Ocean Meet: Kenai Fjords National Park
North Shore Productions
Where Ice and Ocean Meet is a twenty-minute film that plays in the visitor center at Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, AK. The film is subtitled in English and is available with audio description. A film was used as a primary interpretive element because much of the park is inaccessible to visitors (due to the cost of accessing its remote areas by boat or float plane), and film was the best way to introduce visitors to the full geographic range of the Park.
second place.
"Heart of the World" Colorado's National Parks
Great Divide Pictures
"Heart of the World: Colorado's National Parks" is a 3-hour interpretive film designed to inspire and entertain. Each episode elegantly fuses each park's natural and cultural histories. The 3-hour documentary series combines stunning photography filmed through the seasons; breathtaking helicopter aerials; inspirational on-camera interviews that include ethnic diversity of park visitors; outstanding wildlife shots; and 3D graphics that interpret the diverse earth sciences of each of the Colorado Parks.
"Heart of the World" Colorado's National Parks
Great Divide Pictures
"Heart of the World: Colorado's National Parks" is a 3-hour interpretive film designed to inspire and entertain. Each episode elegantly fuses each park's natural and cultural histories. The 3-hour documentary series combines stunning photography filmed through the seasons; breathtaking helicopter aerials; inspirational on-camera interviews that include ethnic diversity of park visitors; outstanding wildlife shots; and 3D graphics that interpret the diverse earth sciences of each of the Colorado Parks.
2015.
first place.
The Sand Creek Massacre and the Civil War
National Park Service, Sand Creek Massacre NHS, and Post Modern Company
This documentary explores eyewitness accounts of the massacre, along with perspectives from Sand Creek Massacre descendants and historians, to show how these seemingly disparate events are interwoven in horrible tragedy. One hundred fifty years later, through the Cheyenne and Arapaho Spiritual Healing Run, preservation of the massacre site, and other efforts to commemorate the victims and their ancestors, the healing process continues.
The Sand Creek Massacre and the Civil War
National Park Service, Sand Creek Massacre NHS, and Post Modern Company
This documentary explores eyewitness accounts of the massacre, along with perspectives from Sand Creek Massacre descendants and historians, to show how these seemingly disparate events are interwoven in horrible tragedy. One hundred fifty years later, through the Cheyenne and Arapaho Spiritual Healing Run, preservation of the massacre site, and other efforts to commemorate the victims and their ancestors, the healing process continues.
second place.
A Beautiful Mystery: Petroglyph National Monument
Great Divide Pictures and Petroglyph National Monument
The thousands of petroglyphs on the canyon walls west of Albuquerque have long been shrouded in mystery to non-Indians. How old are they? Who created the rock art? What are the meanings of the drawings? Our film, “A Beautiful Mystery,” poignantly shows that, in fact, there is no mystery in the rocks, at least for modern day Native Americans whose ancestors created the art.
A Beautiful Mystery: Petroglyph National Monument
Great Divide Pictures and Petroglyph National Monument
The thousands of petroglyphs on the canyon walls west of Albuquerque have long been shrouded in mystery to non-Indians. How old are they? Who created the rock art? What are the meanings of the drawings? Our film, “A Beautiful Mystery,” poignantly shows that, in fact, there is no mystery in the rocks, at least for modern day Native Americans whose ancestors created the art.
third place.
Of One Heart / na-qc timine wisi
North Shore Productions
The film explores the heritage and living culture of the nimiipuu (Nez Perce) by touching lightly on the nineteenth century history for which the Nez Perce are famous, and focusing primarily on nimiipuu life and culture in the present, the film creates a portrait of a people who are very much future-focused and in control of their destiny. In this way, the film is designed to break through stereotypes and allow Park visitors to connect to nimiipuu people and culture as they are today.
Of One Heart / na-qc timine wisi
North Shore Productions
The film explores the heritage and living culture of the nimiipuu (Nez Perce) by touching lightly on the nineteenth century history for which the Nez Perce are famous, and focusing primarily on nimiipuu life and culture in the present, the film creates a portrait of a people who are very much future-focused and in control of their destiny. In this way, the film is designed to break through stereotypes and allow Park visitors to connect to nimiipuu people and culture as they are today.