Africa Bridge documentary film wins Prestigious Silver Telly Award
Africa Bridge, a West Linn, Oregon-based nonprofit organization that works in southwest Tanzania announced that an educational film produced by Communication Images Productions (CPI), Inc of Lake Oswego, Oregon on behalf of Africa Bridge has won the Silver “Classic Award” in the 30th annual Telly Awards. The Telly Award is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film. The documentary film produced and directed by CPI CEO Lynn Hennagin – is about the work of Africa Bridge in southwestern Tanzania.
Tanzania is one of the poorest nations in the world, with an average income of less than one US dollar per day. Currently, Africa Bridge has projects in sixteen villages located in Masoko and Isongole, two wards of Rungwe District, Mbeye Region in southwestern Tanzania. In fourteen of these villages, 32% of the children are identified as either orphaned or vulnerable; in two villages the numbers are close to 50%. Africa Bridge’s work is expressed as providing seed capital for farm cooperatives, training for agricultural projects, building classrooms, providing
scholarships for school expenses and supporting Tanzania’s Most Vulnerable Children Committees (MVCCs).
Lynn Hennagin travelled to Tanzania with Africa Bridge founder and Executive Director, Barry Childs, in September 2008 to record footage about the Africa Bridge projects, which are aimed at improving the lives of more than 3,000 children in 16 villages where poverty and HIV/AIDS have lead to high numbers of orphans. Since 2002, Africa Bridge has been working with local Tanzanian communities to create sustainable solutions. The video highlights the problem that communities face and shows Africa Bridge’s significant impact. The video is available from the Africa Bridge office.
Telly Award judges are top advertising and production professionals and are past award winners with an interest in upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries annually from the finest ad agencies, production companies, TV stations, cable companies, interactive agencies and corporations in the world.
About Communication Image Productions
Communication Image Productions is a video and multimedia production company that produces content for corporate and educational clients. As a full service house Ed-net producer, we provide script writers, crew, producers, directors, talent, post production, duplication, and project management. We offer distribution referrals to client wanting to distribute their media communication programs. For further information, contact Lynn Hennagin at 503-636-9698.
About the Telly Awards
The Telly Awards was founded in 1978 to honor excellence in local, regional and cable TV commercials. All judges are members of the Silver Telly Council. Judges evaluate entries to recognize distinction in creative work – entries do not compete against each other. Instead, entries are judged against a high standard of merit. Judges score entries on a performance scale and winning entries are recognized and awarded as Silver or Bronze Winners based on the combined scoring of the judges who evaluate each entry. Today, the Telly is one of the most sought-after awards by industry leaders, from large international firms to local production companies and ad agencies. For more information: http://www.tellyawards.com/.
About Africa Bridge
Africa Bridge is dedicated to empowering communities to improve the lives of children in Tanzania orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. Africa Bridge is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization established in 2000. See www.africabridge.org for more information.
