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| The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic Wins “Best Canadian Programme” at The Banff World Television Festival Awards |
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on Friday, June 13, 2008 - 05:04 AM |
Discovery Channel Canada’s The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic was honoured last week at The Banff World Television Festival Awards, collecting a Rockie Award for “Best Canadian Programme.” The 29th annual awards ceremony, held yesterday at the Banff Springs Hotel, is one of the world’s most prestigious international television program competitions. This year’s competition attracted more than 900 entries from 44 countries and awarded Rockies in 22 categories plus several Jury prize categories.
“I couldn’t be prouder than I am right now to see this original Canadian production receive this recognition,” said Paul Lewis, President and General Manager, Discovery Channel. “This is a great tribute to the strength of the documentary production community in Canada and our own programming team to create, develop and produce innovative world-class television.”
No species has had the ability to direct its own evolutionary course – until now. The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic, a feature-length High Definition special that debuted on Discovery Channel and Discovery HD in November 2007, explores the theory – and the implications – of new technologies that are putting the genetic engineering process into our own hands. Since the beginning of life on Earth, evolution has been dictated by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection. And now, humanity is on the brink of a change so radical, so rapid and unlike any other stage in human history. And while most of us are waiting at the precipice, have some already taken the leap? The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic reveals the amazing stories of real people with extraordinary super powers, including a Swiss woman who combines senses so that she can “taste” music and a painter in Turkey compared with Renaissance master Brunelleschi – who happens to have been blind since birth. The real-life superheroes in this special are harbingers of the type of advanced humans we could become in the not-so-distant future – by examining the unique gifts they possess today, what can we learn about what humanity will be like tomorrow? The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic is about true superheroes, genetic engineering and the future of human evolution. See how the rules of evolution are on the brink of fundamental change, how it will happen, and – ultimately – how it provokes the question of what it means to be human.
Discovery Channel celebrates this Banff World TV Award win with a special encore presentation of The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic on Sun., June 22 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT.
An original commission for Discovery Channel Canada, The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic was produced by Bird Plane Productions in association with Proper Television.
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