SBS documentary 'Immortal' picks up International News and Documentary Emmy - via Sonya Pemberton and December Films
SBS documentary Immortal, written and directed by Sonya Pemberton, has picked up an International News and Documentary Emmy Award in the Outstanding Science and Technology Programming category.Five years in the making Immortal, was produced by December Films for SBS, commissioned by SBS senior commissioning editor, documentaries John Godfrey and funded in conjunction with Screen Australia's National Documentary Program.
Immortal which broadcast on SBS as part of its Secrets of the Human Body season, was retitled Decoding Immortality for the American audience and broadcast on the Smithsonian Channel in the States.
The News & Documentary Emmy Awards were presented on Monday, October
1 at a ceremony at Frederick P. Rose Hall, in the Time Warner Centre in
New York City.
The event was attended by more than 900 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists. Emmy Awards were presented in 42 categories, including Breaking News, Investigative Reporting, Outstanding Interview, and Best Documentary.
Immortal is an uplifting film that follows the work of Noble Prize-winning Australian scientist Professor Elizabeth Blackburn (above, left).
In 2009, Blackburn and her team's discovery of an enzyme deep in the DNA of a single-celled pond creature, the so-called 'immortalising' enzyme, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Now, this remarkable enzyme is being harnessed. The molecular clock it controls - the countdown to death in each cell - can be tested, measured and in some cases, it can even be stopped. Amazingly, middle-aged human cells have been replenished and rejuvenated by triggering this enzyme, becoming, in effect, young again. Many believe that the 'cure' for ageing, has now arrived.
The dark side to this incredible find is the 'immortalising' enzyme that fuels life, also fuels cancer.
Immortal reveals the inner workings of this biological paradox and its remarkable impact on ageing, disease and cancer.
The event was attended by more than 900 television and news media industry executives, news and documentary producers and journalists. Emmy Awards were presented in 42 categories, including Breaking News, Investigative Reporting, Outstanding Interview, and Best Documentary.
Immortal is an uplifting film that follows the work of Noble Prize-winning Australian scientist Professor Elizabeth Blackburn (above, left).
In 2009, Blackburn and her team's discovery of an enzyme deep in the DNA of a single-celled pond creature, the so-called 'immortalising' enzyme, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Now, this remarkable enzyme is being harnessed. The molecular clock it controls - the countdown to death in each cell - can be tested, measured and in some cases, it can even be stopped. Amazingly, middle-aged human cells have been replenished and rejuvenated by triggering this enzyme, becoming, in effect, young again. Many believe that the 'cure' for ageing, has now arrived.
The dark side to this incredible find is the 'immortalising' enzyme that fuels life, also fuels cancer.
Immortal reveals the inner workings of this biological paradox and its remarkable impact on ageing, disease and cancer.
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