Mill Valley Film Group Wins Big

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Protecting Costa Rica's Sharks

June 13, 2012

We are thrilled to announce that our partners at Mill Valley Film Group took home their third Emmy Award for The New Environmentalists, a short film featuring the work of the 2011 Goldman Prize winners: Ursula Sladek, Dmitry Lisitsyn, Prigi Arisandi, Hilton Kelley, Raoul du Toit and Francisco Pineda.

The 41^st Annual Northern California Area Emmy Awards took place on Saturday, June 9^th at the Hilton San Francisco. Mill Valley Film Group has won three out of four past Emmy nominations in Public/Current/Community Affairs – Program/Special category. Congratulations!

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