"Why History Matters: The Choctaw Project," an acclimation of Carl Ray's acclaimed autobiographical play and acute blur documentary, won a Silver Telly Statuette, the accomplished accolade for cultural programming, and the Bronze Telly for accomplishment in set design
San Jose, CA -- The Telly Awards account outstanding local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as able-bodied as the finest video and blur productions. When the 27th anniversary Telly Awards were appear March 1, 2006, Bay Area educator, activist and above actor actor Carl Ray abstruse that the KLCS-TV studio-taped acclimation of his acclaimed autobiographical play had been awarded two top prizes. "Why History Matters: The Choctaw Project" won a Silver Telly Statuette, the accomplished accolade for cultural programming, and the Bronze Telly for accomplishment in set design. The affairs was called from a allotment of 12,000 entries.
In 1962 in Choctaw County, Alabama, 18-year-old Carl Ray witnessed his father's abominable racially-motivated annihilation at the easily of a white man who was angered because he believed Ray had disrespected him in conversation. During the annihilation balloon that followed, Ray was abhorrent for causing his own father's afterlife because he had bootless to account the white man.
Since 1999, Carl Ray has relived the arresting adventure of witnessing his father's annihilation in the anatomy of an acclaimed one-man, single-act play blue-blooded "A Killing in Choctaw." Los Angeles Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) KLCS created a set replicating the Alabama attorneys area the absolute annihilation balloon took place; abounding it with jurors and spectators; again flat taped Ray's abide achievement for airing on its affairs "Why History Matters," and for the Los Angeles School District "Facing History and Ourselves" curriculum. KLCS Channel 58 aired the blur documentary on October 25th and the taped play "Why History Matters: The Choctaw Project" on October 26th and October 30, 2005.
KLCS affairs ambassador Brian Hefferon contacted Ray afterwards account "The New York Times" analysis of the play's documentary blur adaptation - "A Killing In Choctaw: The Power of Forgiveness," directed by award-winning filmmaker Chike C. Nwoffiah. Ray agreed to accommodate his adventure for educational television programming.
"It took me by surprise," Ray said of the request, "It's abundant that my activity adventure is traveling to be the focal point of a Civil Rights curriculum. Ray continued, "My ancestor will abide to abide and be remembered in American history. I'm appreciative of that. But it's not just my story, it's an African American story. Incidents like this happened to amaranthine African American families throughout this country's history. Ours was a abominable ancestors tragedy, and an abject assignment on racism in America."
KLCS General Manager Dr. Janalyn Glymph addendum that anybody at the Station is "truly accustomed if our efforts for education, afflatus and description are met with such celebrated recognition. Each being complex in this activity was impacted by Carl Ray's moving, acute and life-changing performance; decidedly the top academy acceptance advantageous abundant to collaborate with Carl during the videotaping."
"Why History Matters: The Choctaw Project" is a affiliation amid KLCS, Della Productions (Ray's assembly company) and "Facing History and Ourselves" to actualize this new ability and accommodate added abstracts for the abstraction of the Jim Crow Era and Civil Rights Movement. The affairs piloted in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
- For interviews, columnist kits, invitations to address or accomplish his one-man play, amuse contact: Toni Beckham 408-499-3664 To apprentice added of Carl Ray's alluring adventure or his bi-annual Black College Tours, amuse appointment www.carlraye.com
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