PCA/ACA - Peter C. Rollins Best Documentary Film Award

Organization: Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association

Peter C. Rollins Award for the Best Documentary Film in Popular and American Culture within the past three years. Peter Rollins has worked for many years in the nexus between Popular Culture, film, and history. He has been President of the PCA and one of the founders of the Southwest/Texas regional PCA/ACA. Among his many publications are Hollywood's West(s): The American Frontier in Film, Television, and History, The Columbia UP Companion to American History on Film, The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama, Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency in Film and History (awarded the Ray and Pat Browne Award), and Hollywood's Indian: The Native American in Film. His documentaries include: Television's Vietnam: The Real Story (1984) and Will Rogers' 1920s: A Cowboy's Guide to the Times (1976).