Día de los Muertos: Celebrando la Vida y la Muerte: Naciones y Culturas, the Spanish version of Day of the Dead: Celebrating Life and Death: Nations and Cultures, received a Bronze World Medal in the Profiles/Community Portraits category at the New York Festivals' Radio Broadcasting Awards banquet, June 28 in New York City. It's the 30th industry award that Family Theater's Spanish-language radio project has won since its first programs were released in October 1997.
Monica Castagnasso, Director of Family Theater's Radio Department and producer of Voz Latina Radio programs, received the award along with staff members Elli Bazini, sound engineer and composer, and Tony Sands, production coordinator, and consultant Melba Novoa, the former director of the department who produced, directed and wrote this documentary and still directs other Voz Latina productions. An actor of a Voz Latina program, two staff members, Laetitia Rhatigan and Elizabeth Ponce, and a Board member, Patrick Adams, of Holy Cross Family Ministries, also attended.
Taped in Mexico, Ireland and the United States, the program explores the significance of the Day of the Dead and how it is observed by different cultures and countries. The previous special, Día de los Muertos: San Andrés Mixquic, won 2006 New York Festivals Gold and Bronze World Medals. For 50 years, New York Festivals have recognized "The World's Best Work™" in communications via six annual international competitions.
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