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54 HONORS IN FOUR YEARS
Talk about artistic excellence, Nolan and projects he has produced, directed, written, composed, and hosted have won a staggering 54 honors in the past four years. Here is an exhaustive listing.
Best Human & Civil Rights Special Project (Anthem Awards Silver Prize, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Composed, Produced & Directed by
Nolan Williams, Jr.
Illustrations & Art Direction by Willie Cordy, Jr.
Animation by Gabrielle Genesis
Music Production by
Warren Jones & Nolan Williams, Jr.
Horn Arrangement by Phil Lassiter
Mixed & Mastered by
Corey Novosel (CNOMusic LLC)
Tracking Engineers
Daryl L.A. Hunt (Street Symphonic Studios, Inc),
Warren Jones
Brian Jacobs (Bias Recording Studios)
Featuring Rayshun LaMarr, Benjamin H. Moore, John Riddle & Nova Y. Payton
Also featuring the NEWorks Voices of Inspiration (Simone Brown, Teriauna Duran, Jay Frisby, Ronnette Harrison-Rollins, Devin Mercer, Nova Y. Payton, Daniel Smith, Jaquay Smith, Angel Strong-Archer, Desmond Thompson, Laura van Duzer)
Narration by Teriauna Duran
Best Animation Music Video (Europe Music Video Awards, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Bronze Medal for Listener Impact: Content/Message Delivery (Global Music Awards, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Best Music Video (Los Angeles Film Awards, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Best Music Video (Paris International Short Festival, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Best Music Video (London Global Film Awards, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Best Animation Music Video (Los Angeles Movie & Music Video Awards, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Best Lyrics Video (International Music Video Competition, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Best Animation Short Silver Prize (Independent Shorts Awards, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
"Special Achievement Award for Social Justice & Hope" (8th Annual California Music Video & Film Awar
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Outstanding Achievement Award for Music Video (Indie Short Fest, 2024)
Best Animation Short (Indie Short Fest, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Best Shorts Competition Award of Excellence, Animation (2024)
Best Shorts Competition Award of Excellence, African American Theme (2024)
Best Shorts Competition Award of Excellence, Music Video (2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
IndieFEST Film Award of Excellence, Animation (2024)
IndieFEST Film Award of Excellence, Original Song (2024)
IndieFEST Film Award of Excellence, Music Video (2024)
IndieFEST Film Award of Excellence, African American Theme (2024)
IndieFEST Film Award of Excellence, Liberation/Social Justice/Protest (2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Best Social Campaign (Davey Awards Silver Prize, 2024)
Freedom Advances, a non-partisan media initiative designed to educate and motivate American citizens to participate in the 2024 national election. The project includes celebrity bumpers, a suite of 30-to 60-second public service announcements, the Rise Up Song Challenge, and award-winning civic anthem, "Rise Up & Fight."
Best Social Video (Davey Awards Gold Prize, 2024)
Best Animation (Davey Awards Gold Prize, 2024)
Best Use of Music (Davey Awards Gold Prize, 2024)
Best Art Direction (Davey Awards Silver Prize, 2024)
Best Music Video (Davey Awards Silver Prize, 2024)
Best Use of Animation (Davey Awards Silver Prize, 2024)
NEWorks Productions presents Nolan Williams, Jr's "Rise Up & Fight"
Honoree, The Living Legends Award for Service to Humanity (2024)
Nolan Williams, Jr.
Best Social Video - Dance & Performance (Telly Awards Silver Prize, 2023)
"Hold On"
Negro Spiritual / Freedom Song
Setting by Nolan Williams, Jr.
Nolan Williams, Jr., artistic director
Kevin Parisi, video director
Xavier Mack, associate director
Music produced by Nolan Williams, Jr. and Robert Ellis
Choreographed and performed by: Xavier Mack, Bianca Melidor, Terrell Rogers Jr., and Isabel Wallace-Green
Filmed on location at Griggs Park and Klyde Warren Park, Dallax, TX
Monique Steele Griffiths, soprano
Nova Y. Payton, soprano
Vocals recorded at Bias Studios, Springfield, VA
Engineered by Brian Jacobs
Photographic images by Sam Teague
Additional images by Jack Delano, Bernard Gotfryd, Warren K. Leffler, Jim Peppler, Peter Pettus, Rowland Scherman, and Marian Trikosko, courtesy of The Library of Congress and the Alabama Department of Archives and History
Footage courtesy of The Library of Congress
Communicator Award of Excellence for Best Documentary (Gold Prize, 2023)
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth" is a one-hour documentary that chronicles the long and complicated journey towards Washington, District of Columbia becoming our 51st state, Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. The documentary has aired in five CBS east coast markets and on DCTV.
Presented by The Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
Produced by NEWorks Productions
Nolan Williams, Jr., Producer/Director/Writer
Mike D. DuBose, Associate Producer
Rod McDonald, Consulting Producer
Kadesh Dubose, Director of Photography/Lead Editor
Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove, Co-writers
Hosted by Andrea Roane and Bruce Johnson
Narrated by Ralph UriYah Wesley