Transient Pictures won an Emmy for Good Fortune, its feature documentary exploring how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit! We are overwhelmed with this honor and are so thankful for everyone who helped make it happen. To make the night even more special, line producer Bernard Aulo Ohanga flew into New York from Kenya for the event. His first time in the U.S. and he’s welcomed with an Emmy!

Good Fortune won a News and Documentary Emmy in the category Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting-Long Form. We hope the recognition of the film can help promote more local leadership in development and foreign aid and help avoid the tragic stories of people like Silva and Jackson.