Daily Variety’s headline read, ‘RAIN’ STORMS BANFF as White Light/Black Rain, won the Grand Prize at the Banff World TV Festival’s Rockie Awards held in Alberta, Canada.

Steven Okazaki’s HBO Documentary Films production also won "Best History and Biography Program" and the "NHK Best Asian Program" prizes. The Rockie Awards acknowledge the best in international television programming.

The critically acclaimed documentary, which features fourteen Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors, is a remarkable document of the only times nuclear weapons have been used in war.

UPDATE: White Light/Black Rain has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy for “Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Programming.” The award ceremony is on Sept 13.

The Academy Award-nominated Unfinished Business, which tells the inspiring story of three men who resisted the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, is available at a special low price from Docurama, on-line or by calling 1-800-314-8822.