The Producers Guild said Wednesday that Rita Moreno will receive the 2022 Stanley Kramer Award at the 33rd annual PGA Awards, set to run March 19 at the Fairmont Century Plaza.
The honor goes to a production, producer or other individuals “whose achievement or contribution illuminates and raises public awareness of important social issues.” Moreno, an Egot winner, will join previous recipients including Jane Fonda as well as Get Out, Loving, Fruitvale Station, The Normal Heart, Bombshell, The Hunting Ground, An Inconvenient Truth and Hotel Rwanda.
Kramer’s work included such iconic films as Inherit the Wind, On the Beach, The Defiant Ones and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.
“With grace, intelligence, charisma, and kindness, Rita Moreno made her mark in history as a brilliant entertainer and leveraged that star power to shepherd stories that tap into the human experience and represent people and communities we rarely see celebrated in film and TV,...
The honor goes to a production, producer or other individuals “whose achievement or contribution illuminates and raises public awareness of important social issues.” Moreno, an Egot winner, will join previous recipients including Jane Fonda as well as Get Out, Loving, Fruitvale Station, The Normal Heart, Bombshell, The Hunting Ground, An Inconvenient Truth and Hotel Rwanda.
Kramer’s work included such iconic films as Inherit the Wind, On the Beach, The Defiant Ones and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.
“With grace, intelligence, charisma, and kindness, Rita Moreno made her mark in history as a brilliant entertainer and leveraged that star power to shepherd stories that tap into the human experience and represent people and communities we rarely see celebrated in film and TV,...
- 1/26/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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