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Inside Stories
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Inside Stories (1989)
MULTICULTURALISM AND CITIZENSHIP CANADA CONTINUES FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE
YEAR TO SPONSOR THE MULTICULTURALISM AWARD, A SPECIAL AWARD CREATED TO HONOUR
EXCELLENCE IN MAINSTREAM TELEVISION PROGRAMMING WHICH BEST REFLECTS THE RACIAL
AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF CANADA.
THIS UNIQUE AWARD 1S PRESENTED THIS YEAR TO THE SERIES "INSIDE STORIES".
PRAISED BY JURY MEMBERS AS UNANIMOUSLY MEETING AND EXCEEDING THE: OBJECTIVES
OF
THE SPECIAL AWARD.
"INSIDE STORIES" IN EACH
OF ITS THIRTEEN PROGRAMS, PRESENTS AN ENGAGING STORY, TOLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
OF A DIFFERENT CULTURAL COMMUNITY IN TORONTO. IN EPISODES THAT ARE ALTERNATELY
FUNNY AND POIGNANT, PROVOCATIVE AND WISE, "INSIDE STORIES" CAPTURES
THE LIVELY PANORAMA OF LIFE IN A COSMOPOLITAN CITY.
PRODUCED BY PAUL DE SILVA AND ANN O'BRIAN OF JENFILMS. THE DUO ARE QUICK TO POINT
OUT "THAT MULTICULTURALISM IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC POLICY AND A DAILY REALITY
IN THE LIVES OF MOST CANADIANS. YET THIS OVERWHELMING ETHNIC DIVERSITY IS NOT
WELL REPRESENTED ON THE NATION'S TV SCREENS." IN ORDER TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS
THIS WRONG. THE DEVELOPMENT OF "INSIDE STORIES" BEGAN WITH A SERIES
OF SCREENWRITING WORKSHOPS FOR WRITERS FROM ETHNIC AND VISIBLE; MINORITY GROUPS.
THE FINAL RESULT HAS BEEN MOST ENCOURAGING. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT
THE
ACADEMY IN CONJUNCTION WITH MULTICULTURALISM AND CITIZENSHIP CANADA APPLAUDS "INSIDE
STORIES" AT THE 1989 GEMINI AWARDS.
A "SPECIAL CITATION" FOR THE PROGRAM "THE DISPLACED VIEW".
GOES TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER MIDI ONODERA AS THE JURY FELT THIS
PROGRAM MEETS MULTICULTURALISM CRITERIA WITH GREAT DISTINCTION.
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