2007 Christopher Leadership Award
William F. Baker
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2007 Special Christopher Award
The More You Know
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BOOKS FOR ADULTS
Barefootin’: Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom, by Unita Blackwell with JoAnne Prichard Morris (Crown Publishers/Random House, Inc.)
Enrique’s Journey, by Sonia Nazario (Random House/Random House, Inc.)
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, by Francis S. Collins (Free Press/Simon & Schuster, Inc.)
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, by Immaculée Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin (Hay House, Inc.)
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy Tolan (Bloomsbury Publishing)
My Life with the Saints, by James Martin, SJ (Loyola Press)
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BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Preschool
Hero Cat, by Eileen Spinelli, Illustrated by Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen (Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books)
Ages 6 – 8
How We Are Smart, by W. Nikola-Lisa, Illustrated by Sean Qualls (Lee & Low Books Inc.)
Ages 8 – 10
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo, Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Candlewick Press)
Ages 10 – 12
Listen!, by Stephanie S. Tolan (HarperCollins Children’s Books/HarperCollins Publishers)
Young Adult
Bread and Roses, Too, by Katherine Paterson (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Company)
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FEATURE FILMS
Akeelah and the Bee (Lionsgate)
Director: Doug Atchison, Screenwriter: Doug Atchison, Producers: Nancy Hult Ganis, Sid Ganis, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Romersa & Danny Llewelyn, Co-Producers: Mike Upton, Kent Kubena & Jaki Brown-Karman, Executive Producers: Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Marc Butan, Helen Sugland, Michael Burns, Michael Paseornek & Tom Ortenberg
Charlotte’s Web (Paramount Pictures and Walden Media)
Director: Gary Winick, Screenwriters: Susannah Grant & Karey Kirkpatrick, Producer: Jordan Kerner, Co-Producer: Anthony Winley, Executive Producers: Edgar M. Bronfman, Julia Pistor, Bernie Williams & Paul Neesan
Miss Potter (The Weinstein Company)
Director: Chris Noonan, Screenwriter: Richard Maltby, Jr., Producers: Mike Medavoy, David Kirschner, Corey Sienega, Arnold W. Messer & David Thwaites, Executive Producers: Renée Zellweger, Nigel Wooll, Louis Phillips, Steve Christian, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein & Colin Vaines
The Nativity Story (New Line Cinema)
Director: Catherine Hardwicke, Screenwriter: Mike Rich, Producers: Wyck Godfrey & Marty Bowen, Executive Producers: Toby Emmerich, Cale Boyter, Tim Van Rellim, Mike Rich & Catherine Hardwicke, Co-Executive Producers: Judd Funk & Michael Disco
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Zeitgeist Films)
Director: Marc Rothemund, Screenwriter: Fred Breinersdorfer, Producers: Christoph Mueller, Sven Burgemeister, Fred Breinersdorfer & Marc Rothemund, Co-Producer: Bettina Reitz
Water (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Director: Deepa Mehta, Screenwriter: Deepa Mehta, Producer: David Hamilton, Executive Producers: Mark Burton, Ajay Virmani & Doug Mankoff
World Trade Center (Paramount Pictures)
Director: Oliver Stone, Screenwriter: Andrea Berloff, Producers: Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Moritz Borman & Debra Hill, Co-Producer: Chantal Feghali, Executive Producers: Donald J. Lee, Jr. & Norm Golightly
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TELEVISION & CABLE
ABC News 20/20: A Simple Twist of Fate (ABC-TV)
Writer: Bob Brown, Producer: Alan B. Goldberg, Executive Producer: David T. Sloan
Baghdad ER (HBO)
Directors: Jon Alpert & Matthew O’Neill, Producers: Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill & Joseph Feury, Executive Producers: Lee Grant & Sheila Nevins
Cinemax Reel Life: Favela Rising (CINEMAX)
Directors: Jeff Zimbalist & Matt Mochary, Producers: Matt Mochary & Jeff Zimbalist, Executive Producers: Ravi Anne & Rich Lim, Executive Producer for CINEMAX Reel Life: Sheila Nevins
Nature — Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History (PBS/WNET New York)
Director/Writer/Producer: Allison Argo, Producer for NATURE: Jill Clarke, Series Producer: Bill Murphy, Executive Producer for NATURE: Fred Kaufman
The Ron Clark Story (TNT)
Director: Randa Haines, Screenwriters: Max Enscoe & Annie DeYoung, Producers: Craig McNeil, Tom Cox, Murray Ord & Jordy Randall, Executive Producers: Howard Burkons, Brenda Friend, Adam Gilad, Sunta Izzicupo, Frances Croke Page, Paul Jackson & Jody Brockway