Sunday, October 19, 2025

Celebrating 'Patrice: The Movie' winning an Emmy for a late Sweetest Day

A belated (happy) National Sweetest Day! What, you think I'd forget? Not me, especially since I'm a big believer in better late than never!*  I could say that recognizing Love on the Spectrum's Emmy Awards yesterday would have done the job (and if I had realized it before I posted and included it in the title and body, it would have), but I have another Emmy winner about the power of love to acknowledge, Patrice: The Movie.
I turn to Gold Derby to handicap their odds. They have The Remarkable Life of Ibelin in first, with all editors picking it to win the Emmy, half of the experts, and 68% of the users. I Am: Celine Dion is in second with the other half of experts and 30% of the users, while only 2% of the users are choosing Patrice: The Movie, which was also nominated for Outstanding Promotional Announcement Documentary at the News & Doc Emmy Awards.
Gold Derby's opinions consolidated even more by the time of the ceremony, with all the editors, 77.8% of experts, and 83.1% of users picking The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, 22.2% of experts and 16.2% of users sticking with I Am: Celine Dion and only 0.7% of users believing in Patrice: The Movie. The Emmy voters vindicated this tiny minority. Watch Patrice: The Movie win Merit In Documentary Filmmaking: 2025 Creative Arts.

The team from Patrice: The Movie accepts the Emmy for Merit In Documentary Filmmaking at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
The audience responded with their most vocal applause for Patrice: The Movie when it was mentioned as a nominee, which was a giveaway. I shouldn't be surprised, since I wrote the following about the trailer in June.
This is right up there with Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story for being moving, and it's about an issue that affects my family, so I care a bit more. Is it enough to beat Blink? I don't know, but this trailer has 3,153,880 views! People are watching and they care! Speaking of which, if the U.S. is "pro-family," should we support disabled Americans in marriage through maintaining their benefits the way we support able-bodied married Americans through the tax code? I say yes.
As Patrice herself pointed out in her acceptance speech, the Big Brutal Bill has made the situation even worse. She provided yet another reason to keep the pressure on Congress about the shutdown to maintain healthcare subsidies. Good luck to all of us, especially Patrice and our fellow disabled Americans, and congratulations on winning the Emmy!


I close with NATIONAL SWEETEST DAY | Third Saturday in October from National Day Calendar.

National Sweetest Day is observed on the third Saturday in October by people of all ages. For over 100 years, National Sweetest Day encourages everyone to be generous even in the smallest ways.
That's a wrap for this week's Sunday entertainment feature. Stay tuned for a break from the Emmy Awards tomorrow as I begin examining the nominees at the Tenth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards.

*Celebrating Coming Out Day late resulted in a chain reaction of late observances of holidays. I hope I don't do that again!

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