DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES NOMINEES:
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Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary

• Antidote (Frontline | PBS [Passion Pictures | Bellingcat | Impact Partners | Channel 4 | M4 Studios])

• Life After — Independent Lens (Multitude Films [ITVS | Straw House Production])

• Lost in the Jungle (Little Monster Films [National Geographic])

• 2000 Meters to Andriivka (Frontline | PBS [Associated Press])

• Thoughts & Prayers (HBO Documentary Films [Tony Tina])

Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary

• Bodyguard of Lies (See It Now Studios [Jigsaw Productions | Amblin Entertainment Documentaries])

• The Dark Money Game (HBO Documentary Films [Jigsaw Productions])

• Hollywoodgate (Rolling Narratives [Cottage M | RaeFilm Studios | Jouzour Film Production])

• The Making of a Japanese — Doc World (Cineric Creative [NHK | ZED | Pystymetsa Oy])

• Prime Minister (Madison Wells [HBO Documentary Films | CNN Films | Dark Doris | Divergent Pictures])

Outstanding Social Issue Documentary

• Born Poor (Frontline | PBS)

• Enigma (HBO Documentary Films [Pacific Films | Five All in the Fifth Entertainment | Story Syndicate])

• Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Netflix [Netflix | Message Pictures])

• The Ride Ahead (American Documentary | POV [LikeRightNow Films])

• Searching for Amani — Doc World (We Are the Land LLC [Gromlet Productions | Backroad Pictures | Random Good Films | Tiger Tales Media | Museum & Crane])

Outstanding Investigative Documentary

• Cover-Up (Netflix [Plan B | Netflix | Praxis Films])

• Critical Incident: A Death at the Border (HBO Documentary Films [Midnight Films | crazyrose | Film 45])

• Predators (Sweet Relief [MTV Documentary Films | Rosewater Pictures])

• The Stringer (Netflix [LinLay Productions | XRM Media | VII Foundation | Netflix])

• Syria’s Detainee Files (Frontline | PBS [BBC])

Outstanding Historical Documentary

• Becoming Katharine Graham (Lifestories.org)

• Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect (Maryland Public Television [The Aggrey Company])

• The Disappearance of Miss Scott — American Masters (4th Act Factual LLC [Storyline Entertainment])

• Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (Lightbox [Proximity Media | National Geographic])

• Simon Schama: The Holocaust, 80 Years On (Oxford Film and Television [BBC | The WNET Group])

• Turning Point: The Vietnam War (Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix])

• Vietnam: The War That Changed America (Apple TV [Apple | 72 Films])

Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary

• Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (Amblin Documentaries [Nedland Films | National Geographic])

• The Merchants of Joy (Dial Tone Films [Amazon MGM Studios | Dial Tone Films | Artists Equity | Boat Rocker Studios | Matador Content | Epic Magazine])

• The New Yorker At 100 (Netflix [Netflix | Marshall Curry | Apatow])

• Songs From the Hole (Netflix [Cocomotion Pictures | Question Culture | Impact Partners | Artemis Rising Foundation | Netflix])

• Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan (Delirio Films [MPS LEGACY PRODUCTIONS | SOFA Entertainment | Mass Appeal | Diamond Docs | MRC])

• Tiler Peck: Suspending Time — Great Performances (Late Autumn Productions LLC [Thirteen Productions LLC])

• We Want the Funk! — Independent Lens (Firelight Films [ITVS])

Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary

• Critical Condition: Health in Black America (Nova | GBH [A Nova Production | Firelight Films])

• The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice (Metamorph Films LLC)

• Operation Space Station (Nova | GBH [A Nova Production | Blink Films | France Télévisions])

• Sally (Muck Media [Story Syndicate | National Geographic Documentary Films])

• Titan: The Oceangate Submersible Disaster (Netflix [Netflix | Diamond Docs | Story Syndicate])

Outstanding Nature Documentary

• Katavi: Africa’s Fallen Paradise — Nature (PBS [The WNET Group | Terra Mater Studios | Shibumi Films | ARTE | WDR])

• The Last Rhinos: A New Hope (Sixty-Six Media Inc. [ABC News Studios | Lincoln Square Productions | National Geographic])

• Secrets of the Penguins (Talesmith [National Geographic])

• Shark Whisperer (Netflix [Netflix | Boardwalk Pictures | Underdog Films])

• Willow: Diary of a Mountain Lion — Nature (PBS [Rhythm Productions LLC | The WNET Group])

Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary

• Bribe, Inc. (1441 Productions [Global Reporting Centre | Stan])

• Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media (Bloomberg Originals [DCTV])

• Driver (American Documentary | POV [Goldfish Films Inc. | Driver Film LLC])

• Made in Ethiopia (American Documentary | POV [Hard Truth Films | Dogwoof | Gobez Media])

• Slumlord Millionaire — Voces (After Spring LLC [Latino Public Broadcasting | Firelight Media | The Center for Asian American Media])

Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary

• Aileen: Queen of Serial Killers (Netflix [Netflix | BBC Studios | NBC News Studios])

• A Deadly American Marriage (Netflix [Netflix | Sandpaper Films])

• The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer (ABC News Studios)

• No Justice, Just Kills (BBC Select)

• Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror (Netflix [Netflix | Original Productions])

• The Strike — Independent Lens (Latino Public Broadcasting)

Outstanding Short Documentary

• Chasing Time — POV Shorts (American Documentary | POV [Exposure Labs])

• Give Me Shelter (The Guardian)

• Heist (Heist the Documentary LLC [Pale Blue Dot Films])

• Last Days on Lake Trinity — The New Yorker Documentary (Ark Media [The New Yorker])

• Projecting Protest (Scripps News [Clement Cinema])

• The Quilters (Netflix [Netflix])

Best Documentary

• Black Snow (American Documentary | POV [Nordland Pictures | Prettier in the Dark Productions])

• Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (Lightbox [Proximity Media | National Geographic])

• Life After (Multitude Films [ITVS])

• Love + War (Little Monster Films [National Geographic])

• 2000 Meters to Andriivka (Frontline | PBS [Associated Press])

• Prime Minister (Madison Wells [HBO Documentary Films | CNN Films | Dark Doris | Divergent Pictures])

• Turning Point: The Vietnam War (Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix])

• Union (American Documentary | POV [Level Ground Productions])

Outstanding Writing: Documentary

• Bring Them Home / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya (Thunderheart Films [WETA-TV])

• 2000 Meters to Andriivka (Frontline | PBS [Associated Press])

• Songs From the Hole (Netflix [Cocomotion Pictures | Question Culture | Impact Partners | Artemis Rising Foundation | Netflix])

• The Stringer (Netflix [An XRM Media | VII Foundation Production | LinLay Productions | Netflix])

• Underdogs (Wildstar Films [Maximum Effort | National Geographic])

Outstanding Research: Documentary

• The American Revolution (Florentine Films [WETA-TV])

• Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (Lightbox [Proximity Media | National Geographic])

• Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America (72 Films [National Geographic])

• The Strike (UPHSF LLC)

• The Stringer (Netflix [LinLay Productions | VII Foundation | XRM Media | Netflix])

• Syria’s Detainee Files (Frontline | PBS [BBC])

• Turning Point: The Vietnam War (Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix])

• The White House Effect (Actual Films [The Department of Motion Pictures])

Outstanding Direction: Documentary

• Apocalypse in the Tropics (Netflix [Peri Productions | Busca Vida Filmes | Impact Partners | Play/Action Pictures | Luminate | Plan B | KM Films | Netflix])

• Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Netflix [Message Pictures | Netflix])

• Life After (Multitude Films [ITVS])

• 2000 Meters to Andriivka (FRONTLINE | PBS [Associated Press])

• Music Box: It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Topic Studios [HBO Documentary Films | Fremantle | Plan B Entertainment | Disarming Films])

• Sally (Muck Media [Story Syndicate | National Geographic Documentary Films])

• The Stringer (Netflix [LinLay Productions | VII Foundation | XRM Media | Netflix])

• Vietnam: The War That Changed America (Apple TV [Apple | 72 Films])

Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary

• Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds (Netflix [Blue Ox | Supper Club | Higher Ground Productions | Netflix])

• Heart of the Emperors — Secrets of the Penguins (Talesmith [National Geographic])

• 2000 Meters to Andriivka (Frontline | PBS [Associated Press])

• Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey (Netflix [Dog Star Films | Water Creature | Anonymous Content | Netflix])

• Surviving Black Hawk Down (Netflix [RSA | Netflix])

• Underdogs (Wildstar Films [Maximum Effort | National Geographic])

Outstanding Editing: Documentary

• Cover-Up (Netflix [Plan B | Netflix | Praxis Films])

• Folktales (Loki Films [Fifth Season | Impact Partners | Topic Studios])

• Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Netflix [Message Pictures | Netflix])

• Life After (Multitude Films [ITVS])

• Love + War (Little Monster Films [National Geographic])

• 2000 Meters to Andriivka (FRONTLINE | PBS [Associated Press])

• Thoughts & Prayers (HBO Documentary Films [Tony Tina])

• The White House Effect (Actual Films [The Department of Motion Pictures])

Outstanding Graphic Design: Documentary

• Antidote/Kill List (Passion Pictures [Bellingcat])

• The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets (Texas Crew Productions [Peacock Original | New York Post Entertainment | G Unit Film & Television, Inc.])

• The Ride Ahead (LikeRightNow Films)

• Titanic: The Digital Resurrection (Atlantic Productions [National Geographic])

• Underdogs (Wildstar Films [Maximum Effort | National Geographic])

• In Waves and War (Studio AKA [Actual Films])

Outstanding Music Composition: Documentary

• Bring Them Home / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya (Thunderheart Films [WETA-TV])

• Chasing Time — POV Shorts (Exposure Labs [American Documentary | POV])

• The Final Copy of Ilon Specht (Breakwater Studios | Traverse32)

• The Last Rhinos: A New Hope (Sixty-Six Media Inc. [ABC News Studios | Lincoln Square Productions | National Geographic])

• Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey (Netflix [Dog Star Films | Water Creature Film | Anonymous Content | Netflix])

• Songs From the Hole (Netflix [Cocomotion Pictures | Question Culture | Impact Partners | Artemis Rising Foundation | Netflix])

• Vietnam: The War That Changed America (Apple TV [72 Films])

Outstanding Sound: Documentary

• Lost in the Jungle (Little Monster Films [National Geographic])

• Love + War (Little Monster Films [National Geographic])

• The Strike (UPHSF LLC)

• Survival of the Smartest — Secrets of the Penguins (Talesmith [National Geographic])

• Turning Point: The Vietnam War (Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix])

• Underdogs (Wildstar Films [Maximum Effort | National Geographic])

• We Want the Funk! — Independent Lens (PBS [Firelight Films])

Outstanding Lighting Direction: Documentary

• American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden (Netflix [The Cut | Tillerman Films | Ventureland | Netflix])

• Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders (Netflix [Third Eye Motion Picture Company | Radical Media | MA Productions | Silvio Films | Netflix])

• Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam (Library Films [Amazon MGM Studios | Library Films | Vice Studios | Article 19 Films])

• Lockerbie: The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (Mindhouse Production [Sky Studios | CNN Original Series])

• Turning Point: The Vietnam War (Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix])

Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design: Documentary

• The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets (Texas Crew Productions [Peacock Original | New York Post Entertainment | G Unit Film & Television, Inc.])

• One Night in Idaho: The College Murders (Story Syndicate [Amazon MGM Studios | Story Syndicate])

• One to One: John & Yoko (Plan B | KM Films [HBO Documentary Films | Mercury Studios])

• Sally (Muck Media [Story Syndicate | National Geographic Documentary Films])

• Songs From the Hole (Netflix [Cocomotion Pictures | Question Culture | Impact Partners | Artemis Rising Foundation | Netflix])

Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Documentary

• Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember (National Geographic [Mattock])

• LOVE+WAR Trailer — Love + War (National Geographic [Mark Woollen & Associates])

• NATURE Season 44 Trailer — Nature (PBS [The WNET Group])

• Race Against Time Trailer — Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (National Geographic [Buddha Jones])

• Trailer — In Waves and War (Actual Films [Participant | Chicago Media Project])

Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative

• 13 Investigates: High Stakes (WTHR-TV)

• A Deceptive Diocese (WEWS-TV)

• Inspecting the Inspectors (KMOV-TV)

• In Plane Sight: The Fix (WANF)

• Reading Reset (WANF)

Outstanding Regional Documentary

• 23 Seconds: A Louisville Mass Shooting (WAVE News)

• Blue – The Life and Art of George Rodrigue (WLAE-TV)

• How to Sue the Klan (Reel South)

• Major Taylor: Champion of the Race (WTIU Public Television)

• Stories Rewritten – The Knoxville Homeless Crisis (Sonic Palette Productions)

Outstanding Regional News Story: Breaking/Spot News

• Avioneta Se Estrella Contra Residencia en Aguadilla (WLII-DT | TeleOnce)

• Fuego en Fin de Año (WLII-DT | TeleOnce)

• Hurricane Francine Live Rescue (WDSU)

• Ranchero Tornado (WTSP)

• Wilmer-Hutchins High School Shooting (WFAA)

Lighting Direction – Documentary

-American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden

Netflix [The Cut | Tillerman Films | Ventureland | Netflix]

-Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders

Netflix [Third Eye Motion Picture Company | Netflix | Radical Media | MA Productions |Silvio Films]

-Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam

Library Films [Amazon MGM Studios | Library FIlms | Vice Studios | Article 19 Films]

-Lockerbie: The Bombing of Pan Am 103

Mindhouse Production [Sky Studios | CNN Original Series]

-Turning Point: The Vietnam War

Netflix [Luminant Media | Netflix]

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​​Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration /Scenic Design – Documentary

-The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets

Texas Crew Productions [Peacock Original | New York Post Entertainment | G Unit

Film & Television, Inc.]

-One Night in Idaho: The College Murders

Story Syndicate [Amazon MGM Studios | Story Syndicate]

-One to One: John & Yoko

Plan B | KM Films [HBO Documentary Films | Mercury Studios]

Sally

-Muck Media [Story Syndicate | National Geographic Documentary Films]

Songs From the Hole

-Netflix [Cocomotion Pictures | Question Culture | Impact Partners | Artemis Rising

Foundation | Netflix]​

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​Outstanding Promotional Announcement –Documentary

-Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember/National Geographic [Mattock]

-LOVE+WAR Trailer/Love + War/National Geographic [Mark Woollen & Associates]

-NATURE Season 44 Trailer/Nature/PBS [The WNET Group]

-Race Against Time Trailer/Hurricane Katrina: Race Against

Time National Geographic [Buddha Jones]

-Trailer/In Waves and War

Actual Films | NETFLIX [Netflix | Participant | Chicago Media Project]

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Outstanding Regional News Story:

-Avioneta Se Estrella Contra Residencia en Aguadilla

WLII-DT | TeleOnce

-Fuego en Fin de Año/WLII-DT | TeleOnce

-Hurricane Francine Live Rescue/WDSU

Ranchero Tornado/WTSP

Wilmer-Hutchins High School Shooting/WFAA​

Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative

13 Investigates: High Stakes/WTHR-TV

A Deceptive Diocese/WEWS-TV

Inspecting the Inspectors/KMOV-TV

In Plane Sight: The Fix/WANF

Reading Reset/WANF

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