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Nominations Announced for the 31st Annual Imagen Awards
Sofia Vergara, Jennifer Lopez, Gael Garcia Bernal, and America Ferrera among nominated. The Imagen Foundation today announced the nominees for the 31st Annual Imagen Awards, the only Latino entertainment awards event dedicated to honoring the positive portrayal and creative excellence of Latinos and Latino cultures in television and film.
2016 Imagen Awards Now Accepting Submissions
The Imagen Foundation is currently accepting entries for the 2016 Imagen Awards. Now in its 31st year, the Imagen Awards honors positive images of Latinos and the Latino community in television and film. Categories include [...]
Winners of 30th Annual Imagen Awards Announced
Honorees Rita Moreno, Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Father Gregory Boyle and Liz Imperio Receive Special Recognition LOS ANGELES (August 22, 2015) – Winners of the 30th Annual Imagen (Spanish for “image”) Awards, premier Latino entertainment [...]
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.