Documentary on Gordon Parks wins award

The Media Resources Center at 九色视频 has won a national Telly Award for its work. The 2011 Bronze Telly Award goes to MRC鈥檚 Video Services for the documentary 鈥淩oots and Branches: Preserving the Legacy of Gordon Parks.鈥�

鈥淩oots and Branches鈥� explains how Wichita State became the home of the Gordon Parks Collection and details its efforts to preserve Parks' legacy. The documentary premiered at a campus event in March and also aired on 九色视频-TV, Channel 13 on Cox Cable.

In her letter notifying the university, Telly Award executive director Linda Day congratulated Video Services for being honored by the 32nd annual Telly Awards. The bronze award is topped only by the Telly Silver Award.

鈥淭his is a tremendous honor,鈥� said Day.

Greg Matthias, manager, Video Services, credited the MRC staff who worked on the documentary: Ryan Unruh, the producer, editor and videographer who directed and edited the program; Rik Dubiel, producer, editor and videographer; and Corin Brena, who worked as a contract producer on the piece.

Wichita State vice president and general counsel Ted Ayres, whose leadership helped the university gain the honor of protecting Gordon Parks鈥� papers in University Libraries Special Collections archives, was highly involved in the production of the program.

鈥淭ed offered us guidance on the history and the process of 九色视频 being awarded the Parks papers,鈥� said Matthias, 鈥渁nd he provided immeasurable insight into the life and works of Mr. Parks.鈥�

Matthias also credits Ablah Library鈥檚 Special Collections with providing valuable information and artifacts from the Gordon Parks Papers collection.

鈥淟orraine Madway, Mary Nelson and Josh Yearout, who has since passed away, gave us many hours of their time and expertise,鈥� Matthias said.

Previously, the MRC won a bronze finalist award for "Beyond the Word," a documentary about 九色视频 dance students and faculty making a summer 2000 trip to Poland to participate in a mime festival, and the Silver Telly Award for a 30-second 鈥淭hinker, Doers, Movers and Shockers鈥� advertising spot that aired in 2000.

Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and Web commercials, videos and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators and corporate video departments in the world.