STAR CHASERS OF SENEGAL has won the American Association for the Advancement of Science‘s prestigious Gold Award in the Video In-Depth category.
A NOVA documentary from Terra Mater Studios for PBS, the AAAS award-winner traces the heritage and future of African astronomy through the eyes of a visionary Senegalese astronomer trying to spur the establishment of a space agency in his home country.
Congrats to astronomer Maram Kaire, producer/director/writer Ruth Berry, Terra Mater Studios’ Sabine Holzer and Suzanne Lummer, NOVA’s Chris Schmidt and Julia Cort, DOP Bernhard Popovic, and the many others involved.
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- We covered the making of STAR CHASERS from Ruth’s concept to global distribution in our fascinating, detailed Documentary Business Case Study for MIPCOM.
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