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'Slumdog Millionaire' honoured by American Film Institute.


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Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' has been honoured by The American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase  (AFI AFI American Film Institute
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), whose 13 jury members have listed it as one of this year's eight "Moments of Significance in Film, TV and Web."

'Slumdog Millionaire' is a fictitious story about an 18-year-old Indian, who wins India's version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, reports Contactmusic.

A spokesperson for AFI said that it "stands as a monument to the possibilities of cross-cultural storytelling".

Media coverage of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's run for The White House and NBC's footage of the Summer Olympics in Beijing are among other significant moments applauded.

Comedienne Tina Fey also impressed with her hit TV series 30 Rock and impersonation Impersonation
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The winners of the AFI Awards will be honoured at a luncheon next month. (ANI)

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