2017 CRITICS' CHOICE DOCUMENTARY AWARD NOMINATIONS & WINNERS
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- DirectorSteve JamesStarsThomas SungHwei Lin SungCyrus Vance Jr.A small financial institution called Abacus becomes the only company criminally indicted in the wake of the United States' 2008 mortgage crisis.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE; BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY - WINNER!
- DirectorIrene TaylorStarsMorgan GeyserAnissa WeierAngie GeyserTells the story of two 12-year old girls, who attempted to murder one of their friends in an attempt to appease Slenderman, a fictional monster from a horror website.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- 20161h 35mTV-147.9 (3.6K)TV Movie78MetascoreDirectorAlexis BloomFisher StevensStarsDebbie ReynoldsCarrie FisherTodd FisherAn intimate portrait of actress Debbie Reynolds and her relationship with her beloved children, Carrie and Todd.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorDoug NicholStarsSilvi AlcivarKen AlexanderTom HanksCalifornia Typewriter is a story about people whose lives are connected by typewriters. The film is a meditation on creativity and technology featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam Shepard, David McCullough and others.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorJeff Orlowski-YangStarsAndrew AckermanPim BongaertsNeal CantinCoral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorMatthew HeinemanStarsAbdelaziz AlhamzaMohamad AlmusariHamoud AlmousaA documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE; BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorEvgeny AfineevskyStarsHadi Al AbdullahRaed Al SalehRiad Al-AsaadCRIES FROM SYRIA is a searing, comprehensive account of a brutal five-year conflict from the inside out, drawing on hundreds of hours of war footage from Syrian activists and citizen journalists, as well as testimony from child protesters, leaders of the revolution, human rights defenders, ordinary citizens, and high-ranking army generals who defected from the government. Their collective stories are a cry for attention and help from a world that little understands their reality or agrees on what to do about it. A documentary by Evgeny Afineevsky, director of the Oscar-nominated film WINTER ON FIRE, CRIES FROM SYRIA premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorBill MorrisonStarsMichael GatesKathy Jones-GatesRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleThe history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE; MOST INOVATIVE DOCUMENTARY - WINNER!
- DirectorColin HanksStarsJesse HughesJosh HommeDave CatchingA little over a year ago, nine terrorists drove into Paris with guns, grenades, and suicide belts. They were there to perpetrate a coordinated, calculated mass murder on behalf of ISIL and, more symbolically, to launch an assault on culture itself, by turning the city's houses of mirth - soccer stadiums, cafés, restaurants, and of course, the Bataclan concert hall - into monuments to death and fear. They wanted to spill blood, to shut the West up.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorFrederick WisemanStarsPaul HoldengräberElvis CostelloPatti SmithA look within the walls of the New York Public Library.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorJRAgnès VardaStarsAgnès VardaJRJeannine CarpentierDirector Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorBrett MorgenStarsJane GoodallHugo Van LawickHugo Eric Louis van LawickThe life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - WINNER!
- DirectorCeyda TorunStarsYaman BarlasSariArzu GölA profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE; MOST INOVATIVE DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorHeidi EwingRachel GradyStarsEttyChani GetterAri HershkowitzPenetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorJeff MalmbergChris ShellenStarsAndrea CrestiChiara Del CiondoloGianna FioreOnce upon a time there was a tiny hill town in Tuscany that found a remarkable way to confront their issues - they turned their lives into a play. "Spettacolo" is a portrait of this 50-year-old tradition, where their piazza becomes their stage and every villager from 6 to 90 plays a part - the role of themselves.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorYance FordStarsYance FordHarvey WalkerKevin MyersWhen filmmaker Yance Ford investigates the 1992 murder of a young Black man, it becomes an achingly personal journey, since the victim, 24-year-old William Ford Jr., was the filmmaker's brother.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorDuane AndersenDon ArgottYung ChangStarsAbby LinneOn the morning of Election Day 2016, Americans of all stripes woke up and went about living their lives. These were the hours leading up to Donald Trump's unexpected, earth-shaking victory, but, of course, no one knew that yet.BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorBonni CohenJon ShenkStarsAl GoreCory BookerGeorge W. BushA decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change to the heart of popular culture, the follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorPeter BrattStarsDolores HuertaMartin Luther KingLuis ValdezIn the 1950's, a working-class wife and mother of eleven children helps to establish a farmer's union, which later develops into a platform for feminism and gender equality.BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
- DirectorSierra PettengillPacho VelezStarsRonald ReaganNancy ReaganMikhail GorbachevMade up entirely of archival news and White House footage, this documentary captures the pageantry, absurdity, and mastery of the made-for-TV politics of Ronald Reagan.BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
- StarsStevie NicksBonoDr. Dre"The Defiant Ones" examines the partnership between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre - one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - and their leading roles in a chain of transformative events in contemporary culture.BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES (TV/STREAMING)
- StarsSteven SpielbergFrancis Ford CoppolaMeryl StreepThe wartime contributions of five prominent Hollywood film directors during World War II are profiled.BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES (TV/STREAMING)
- StarsGemma HoskinsAbbie SchaubVirginia AnzengruberA seven-part docuseries about the unsolved murder of a nun and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death.BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES (TV/STREAMING)
- StarsDan RatherGil TroyLesley StahlA TV documentary miniseries chronicling the trends, pop culture, and important events that took place from 1990 to 1999.BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES (TV/STREAMING)
- StarsDavid AttenboroughChadden HunterGordon BuchananDavid Attenborough returns with a new wildlife documentary that shows life in a variety of habitats.BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES (TV/STREAMING)