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`Looking Over Jordan: African Americans and the War` Premieres February 21
The latest documentary in our Emmy Award Winning TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR 150 series, LOOKING OVER JORDAN: AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE WAR, premieres this Thursday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m., with a rebroadcast on Thursday, February 28 at 9:00 p.m. About the documentary: The Civil War began as a means of preserving the Union. But to nearly [...]
Mary Chapin Carpenter Shares Emmy Accolades with Nashville Public Television
Grammy-Winning Singer-Songwriter Wins for Narration of Civil War Doc on Women Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter has added an Emmy Award to her accolades. Carpenter picked up an Emmy at the Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 26 for her narration on the Nashville Public Television (NPT) documentary, No Going Back: Women and [...]
NPT Civil War Series Wins Two Regional Emmy Awards
We are proud to announce that two documentaries in our Tennessee Civil War 150 series picked up Emmy® Awards last night when the Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards were announced at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Crisis of Faith won in the DOCUMENTARY/CULTURAL category, earning statuettes for Justin Harvey, Paul Mojonnier and Kevin Crane, while No Going Back: [...]
Media Update: NPT Tracks `Crisis of Faith` in Episode of `TN Civil War 150` | Amy Grant Narrates
From the NPT Pressroom: UPDATED 6/12/12 to announce Amy Grant’s participation as narrator. Religion and History Scholars Provide Context on Division That Led to War; Amy Grant Narrates NASHVILLE, Tennessee – June 7, 2012 — The vast majority of Americans in the first half of the 19th Century were highly religious, overwhelmingly Christian, and believed [...]
(Media Update) Children`s Health Project and Secession Score Midsouth Emmys
We are proud to announce that Nashville Public Television (NPT) picked up two Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards last night at the 26th Annual awards ceremony at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in downtown Nashville. In the Community Service category, our Children’s Health Project, made up of NPT Reports: Children’s Health Crisis documentaries, Children’s Health Updates, as [...]
A Look at the Six Months Ahead at NPT
From new episodes in our Tennessee Civil War 150, NPT Reports: Children’s Health Crisis and Next Door Neighbors documentary projects, to a third volume of our popular 20th Century in Photographs series, to a public screening and event surrounding the Freedom Riders documentary, 2011 is going to be an amazing year of great programming and events [...]
NPT Explores Secession in First of Multi-Part Documentary Series on Civil War
Together with the Renaissance Center, NPT joins nation in commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War; First Documentary airs January 3 From the NPT Pressroom: “Shall it be peace, or sword?” When Abraham Lincoln pondered how to conclude his first inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1861, it was these words he considered. He [...]
