With WGBH, PBS KIDS and CBC Kids,
Thunderbird's Atomic Cartoons celebrates the win in the Children's
and Youth Category
Production hailed as one of the first-ever
kids' series with Indigenous lead character
VANCOUVER, BC, June 10, 2020
/CNW/ - Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. (TSXV: TBRD)
(OTC: THBRF) (Thunderbird or the Company) is honoured to announce
that animated series Molly of Denali has been awarded a
highly coveted George Foster Peabody
Award. Produced by WGBH Boston and the Company's Kids and Family
Division (Atomic Cartoons) for public broadcasters PBS KIDS and CBC
Kids, Molly of Denali is the 2020 Peabody Award winner in
the Children's and Youth Category.
Often compared to the Pulitzer prize for literature, Peabody
Award winners represent the most compelling and empowering stories
released in broadcasting and digital media. Sixty nominees
were announced earlier this year from approximately 1,300 entries
across news, entertainment, documentary, children's, public
service, and web/interactive programming. From those 60 nominees,
Molly of Denali is one of just 30 productions chosen to
receive a prestigious Peabody award.
"We are deeply honoured to be included amongst such a high
calibre of award recipients, all of whom are telling stories that
celebrate and champion diversity. Nothing is more important at this
time, and I could not be prouder of everyone involved in the
creation and production of Molly of Denali," said
Jennifer Twiner McCarron, Chief
Executive Officer of Thunderbird and Atomic Cartoons.
Since its 2019 premiere, Molly of Denali has been
recognized as the first nationally distributed children's series in
the United States to feature an
Indigenous lead character. More than 60 Alaska Native actors,
writers, advisors, producers and musicians are involved across the
production, which is designed to help kids ages 4-8 develop
informational text skills through video content, interactive games,
and real-world activities.
Molly of Denali follows the resourceful Molly Mabray, who has cultural heritage from
three Athabascan groups: the Gwich'in, Koyukon and Dena'ina, as she
helps her parents run the Denali Trading Post in interior
Alaska. She and her friends
explore the epic surroundings and rich Native culture that is
home. In the United States, Molly of Denali airs on PBS
KIDS and is also available on the PBS KIDS Video App. In
Canada, it airs Wednesday and
Saturday mornings on CBC and is also available on the free CBC Gem
streaming service.
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ABOUT THUNDERBIRD ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Thunderbird
Entertainment Group is a Vancouver-based, global, multiplatform,
entertainment company with offices in Vancouver, Los
Angeles, Toronto, and
Ottawa. Thunderbird creates
award-winning scripted, unscripted, and animated programming for
the world's leading digital platforms, as well as Canadian and
international broadcasters. Thunderbird's vision is to produce high
quality, socially responsible content that makes the world a better
place. The Company develops, produces, and distributes animated,
factual, and scripted content through its various divisions,
including Thunderbird kids and family (Atomic Cartoons),
Thunderbird factual (Great Pacific Media) and Thunderbird
productions. Thunderbird is on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at
@tbirdent. For more information,
visit: www.thunderbird.tv.
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SOURCE Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc.