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Winners of the 32nd Annual Imagen Awards Announced
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Family; NBC Entertainment Receive Special Recognition BEVERLY HILLS, CA (August 18, 2017) – Winners of the 32nd Annual Imagen (Spanish for “image”) Awards, the only premier Latino entertainment awards program dedicated to [...]
Announcing the Winners of the Imagen Awards Short Films & Web Series
The Imagen Awards is Pleased to Announce the Winners of the First Annual Short Films & Web Series Competition The Imagen Awards just finalized the first annual Short Films & Web Series competition. This [...]
Finalists of the Imagen Awards Short Films & Web Series Competition Announced
Today the Imagen Foundation announced the Finalists of the 1st Imagen Awards Short Films & Web Series Competition. This special competition is geared towards showcasing the best of short form content created by or featuring talent [...]
About the Imagen Awards
The Imagen Awards was co-founded by legendary television producer Norman Lear, who was acutely aware of the near absence of positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment industry and understood the importance of positive images. Lear met with the leaders of the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews, or NCCJ), a respected non-sectarian human relations organization committed to fighting prejudice and racial tensions. Out of this meeting emerged the Imagen Awards, which recognizes and encourages the entertainment industry to depict the Latino community in a meaningful and accurate manner.
The Imagen Awards attract key entertainment leaders as well as celebrities. Past honorees and attendees have included Lin-Manuel Miranda and Family, Rita Moreno, Guillermo Del Toro, Salma Hayek, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Roberto Orci, Jenni Rivera, and former CBS Entertainment Chairman, Nina Tassler, among others.