"The Price of Free", YouTube Originals,  a documentary about Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi was nominated for 2019 Outstanding Social Issue Documentary Emmy  of the 40th News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The movie did not make the final cut, as Crime + Punishment on Hulu won the Emmy, but being nominated itself was an honor - see clipping from awards night - https://youtu.be/CzJnOr9gyO8.  " I'm honored that the film -- and more importantly, Kailash's work -- continue to be recognized on a global stage. The lives of the children he risks his life to rescue, and those who are recovering from their time in slavery deserve to be celebrated and I couldn't feel more humbled to have played a role in telling their stories" - said Derek Doneen, Director of The Price of Free.

The Price of Free  won Grand Jury Prize at  2018 Sundance Film Festival and debuted on YouTube in November 2018. The film depicts how Satyarthi left a career as an electrical engineer and started Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) to rescue children from slavery. In the decades since, he has rescued more than 87,000 children and built a global movement including one of the largest civil society movements, the Global March Against Child Labor that demanded an international law on the worst forms of child labor, and the 100 Million Campaign, a youth-driven call to action ensuring every child in the world is free, safe and educated.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 40th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards were presented at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City  on September 24th and honored both national and international nominees in more than 50 categories. Andrea Mitchell, NBC News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” was honored for her ground-breaking career with the Lifetime Achievement Award. “Tonight, we honor the news and documentary industry and the men and women who bring us the truth: the story of the world we live in, year by year and day to day,” said Terry O’Reilly, Chairman, NATAS. “It is their commitment to telling the stories of our times – with accuracy and integrity - that we celebrate tonight.” “In addition to our esteemed nominees, tonight we celebrate the remarkable career of correspondent and political analyst Andrea Mitchell”, said Adam Sharp, President & CEO, NATAS. “For more than 50 years, she has illuminated Americans’ understanding of domestic politics and international affairs, building esteem and trust with colleagues, world leaders, and most importantly, the viewers she informs.” The evening also included a special segment recognizing the anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing as a milestone in television news bringing the space program to the world. The segment included honoring nominees in two categories for science and technology programming. The nominations were announced by astronauts circling the globe on the International Space Station, and the winners were announced here on Earth, live at the event by NASA Astronaut, Andrew Feustel. 

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