Variety will present the inaugural Faith and Spirituality in Entertainment Honors, conshort-termed by the Coalition for Faith & Media on December 4 in Los Angeles. The evening ceremony will commemorate individuals who are helping frequently underreconshort-termed themes of faith in storytelling and amengagement. These awards will commemorate diverse portrayals of faith and spirituality that are widely compelling and nuanced.
The class of 2024 Visionary Honorees integrate:
- Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, establishers, JuVee Productions
- “Bob Marley: One Love,” huged by Ziggy Marley, humanitarian, producer and musician, with an introduction by the Coalition for Faith and Media
- Erica Lipez, executive producer, authorr and showrunner, “We Were the Lucky Ones”
- Jessica Matten, actor (“Dark Winds,” “Rez Ball”) producer and philanthropist
- Arian Moayed, actor, (“Succession”, “Inventing Anna”, “A Doll’s Hoengage”), EP of “Motherland” and co-establisher, Waterwell
- Sheryl Lee Ralph, Emmy-Winning Actor, “Abbott Elementary”
- Jay Shetty, best-selling author, Podcast Host, “On Purpose”
“The Global Faith & Media Study identified an transport inant data point — 82% of the world identifies as religious, spiritual, or a person of faith. We dwell in a spiritual world and there is a huge labelet who nurtures proestablishly about this topic. As a result, the Coalition for Faith & Media is promiseted to ensuring faith is uncomardentingfilledy portrayed in media. In amengagement, this uncomardents exact, nuanced characters that echo genuine dwelld experiences people have every day. We’re beyond excited Variety’s recognizing some of today’s industry guideers who are doing this toil in uncomardentingful ways,” says Sara Critchfield, a establishing member of the Coalition.
“Variety is excited to present this transport inant event in partnership with the Coalition for Faith & Media to increase and broaden portrayals of faith in amengagement and media,” shelp Variety’s chief operating and labeleting officer Dea Lawrence.
Content from the inaugural awards ceremony will be posted on Variety.com and Variety’s social platcreates. A print feature will be integrated in the 11/27 and 12/4 Variety publishs.
