Student documentary wins state EMMY

The University of Texas-Pan America’s Reel to Red Productions program is celebrating its Lone Star EMMY win on Oct. 17 for the documentary “The Heart of Experience.”

The student internship program produces television programming directed at the university’s target demographic, students aged 18 to 25. The Heart of Experience is about the travels of 38 UTPA students as they studied abroad in Eastern Europe in 2008. The project focused on the impact students experience with such a journey.

This is the second EMMY win for the UTPA program. Reel to Red Productions received an EMMY in 2007 for the film Dead Letter.