The '''Entertainment Industries Council''' is a United States non-profit organization founded in 1983 that promotes the depiction of accurate health and social issues in film, television, music, and comic books. The Council provides guidelines on the depictions of these issues to the entertainment industry, generally promoting content that includes negative consequences of addiction, dependency and violence.<ref name=prism>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prismawards.com/ |title=PRISM Awards official site |access-date=2007-05-17 |archive-date=2012-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531141959/http://www.prismawards.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== EIC Awards == The Entertainment Industries Council honors films and television programs that make a positive difference in the world honoring film and TV programs which portray realistic depictions of dependence, in an annual, star-studded, televised awards show.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
===Prism Awards=== The ''Annual Prism Awards'' honors the creative community for accurate portrayals of substance abuse, addiction and mental health in entertainment programming. Past winners and nominees have included the films ''Walk the Line'', ''Thirteen'', ''Ray'', ''City of God'', ''Skins'', ''Blow'', ''Traffic'', ''The Insider'' and ''Purgatory House''. TV shows, episodes and movies of the week honored have included programs such as: ''Augusta, Gone'', ''Monk'', ''Private Practice'' (for Caterina Scorsone's portrayal of Amelia Shepherd's Oxycodone addiction and her recovery), ''The Office'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Pinky and the Brain'' (for an episode about the dangers of cigarette smoking), ''ER'', ''Boston Legal'', ''American Dad!'' (for the episode "Spring Break-Up"), ''The Simpsons'' (for the season 11 episode, "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses," which featured Barney Gumble trying to quit drinking alcohol after realizing how much his alcoholism was limiting his quality of life), ''Castle'' in its fourth season for its story arc focusing on Kate Beckett's post-traumatic stress disorder, ''If You Really Knew Me'' and ''General Hospital''.<ref name=prism />
====Theatrical Feature Film==== 1997 ''Trainspotting''<br />1998 ''Gridlock'd''<br />1999 ''Down in the Delta''<br />2000 ''The Insider''<br />2001 ''Traffic''<br />2002 ''Blow''<br />2003 ''Skins''<br />2004 ''City of God'' (original title ''Cidade de Deus'')<br />2006 ''Self Medicated''<br />2007 ''Thank You for Smoking'' (wide release) and ''Sherrybaby'' (limited release)<br />2008 ''Georgia Rule''<br />2009 ''Rachel Getting Married'' tied with ''Rolling''<br />2010 ''Crazy Heart'' (for substance abuse) and ''The Soloist'' (for mental health)<br />2011 ''Black Swan'' (for mental health) and ''The Fighter'' (for substance abuse)<br />2012 ''Shame'' tied with ''Take Shelter'' (for mental health) and ''Warrior'' (for substance abuse)<br />2013 ''Silver Linings Playbook'' (for mental health) and ''Flight'' (for substance abuse)<br />2014 ''Hope'' (for mental health) and ''The Spectacular Now'' (for substance abuse)<br />2015 ''Still Alice''
===Joyce Foundation Funding=== The EIC received an 18 month, $125,000 grant in 2004 from the Joyce Foundation, a major financial sponsor of gun control organizations.<ref name="Joyce Foundation Grants">{{Cite web |url=http://www.joycefdn.org/content.cfm/grant-list?GrantID=27079&GrantDetails=1 |title=Joyce Foundation grant information |access-date=2010-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726211644/http://www.joycefdn.org/content.cfm/grant-list?GrantID=27079&GrantDetails=1 |archive-date=2011-07-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.prismawards.com/ The PRISM Awards official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531141959/http://www.prismawards.com/ |date=2012-05-31 }} * [http://www.eiconline.org/ Entertainment Industries Council website]
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