Mountain Queen Has Been Nominated for Best Documentary at the Peabody Awards
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85TH ANNUAL PEABODY AWARDS ANNOUNCE NOMINEES FOR THE DOCUMENTARY, NEWS, PUBLIC SERVICE, AND RADIO/PODCAST CATEGORIES
Winners to be Announced May 1 and Celebrated at a Ceremony hosted by Roy Wood Jr. on June 1 in Los Angeles
ATHENS, GA (April 15, 2025) – The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors today announced the nominees for the Documentary, News, Public Service, and Radio/Podcast categories, selected to represent the most captivating and impactful stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2024. The nominees were chosen by a unanimous vote of 27 jurors from over 1,000 entries from television, podcasts/radio and the web in entertainment, news, documentary, arts, children’s/youth, public service, and interactive/immersive programming and media.
The nominees for the remaining categories – including Arts, Children’s/Youth, Entertainment, and Interactive & Immersive – will be announced on Thursday, April 17. The winners of the 85th Annual Peabody Awards will be announced on May 1, and then celebrated on Sunday, June 1, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. The ceremony will be hosted by Roy Wood Jr., with longtime NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell being honored with the Career Achievement Award and landmark comedy sketch series “Saturday Night Live” being honored with the Institutional Award. The awards ceremony will be produced by Bob Bain Productions. The 85th Annual Peabody Awards are sponsored by Delta, and Variety will serve as the media partner for the awards ceremony.
“As with what always makes Peabody unique, this year’s nominees explore the local and global, the forgotten and the widely celebrated, the extraordinary and beautiful, and the ugliest and most horrible side of our inhumanity to others,” said Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody. “Peabody-recognized storytelling is always a must-watch and must-listen for anyone who wants to understand the world we occupy together.”
Peabody is based at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
The Peabody Award nominees for Documentary, News, Public Service, and Radio/Podcast, listed by category and in alphabetical order (network/platform in parentheses) are:
DOCUMENTARY
“Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa” (Netflix)
Directed by Lucy Walker, this film follows Nepali Lhakpa Sherpa as she becomes the first woman to climb Mount Everest ten times while raising two daughters and surviving an abusive marriage.
A Netflix Documentary / An SK Global Entertainment Production / An OBB Pictures Production / An Avocados and Coconuts Production in association with MakeMake Entertainment
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