Sikh American story wins an Emmy |
CNN`s Emmy Award-winning show, “United Shades of America,” hosted by W. Kamau Bell, which featured the first-ever hour-long episode in May exclusively focusing on the Sikh American community, won more Emmy Awards at the Creative Arts Emmys held in Los Angeles, Calif, Sept. 8. While the show won the honor for `Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program,` the episode focusing on Sikhs, “Sikhs in America,” was declared the winner in the `Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program` category. The latter award went to supervising editor Bryan Eber. “United Shades of America” follows comedian and political provocateur Bell as he explores communities across the U.S. to understand the unique challenges they face. In the episode, Bell visited Yuba City, Calif, saying, “I`m hoping to find out more about the most misunderstood religion in America. ”Throughout the episode, Bell interviews Harpreet Singh, co-founder of the Sikh Coalition; Sikh Coalition Social Justice Fellow Winty Singh; Yuba City`s Indian American Mayor Preet Didbal; Karandeep Bains, Yuba City farmer and community leader; lawyer and filmmaker Valarie Kaur; Lt. Colonel Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi; actor/designer Waris Ahluwalia; and Harpreet Singh`s son, Dilzafer Singh.
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