DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES NOMINEES:
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Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary

Loudmouth
BET
[Naked Edge Films | Get Lifted Film Co. | Group Effort Films |Massenburg Media]

 

Love in the Time of Fentanyl
Independent Lens
PBS, [ITVS]

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Mourning In Lod
Showtime
[MTV Documentary Films | Medalia Productions]

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No Accident
HBO | Max
[McGee Media | Just Films/The Ford Foundation | Topic Studios]

 

Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food
Netflix, [Campfire Studios | Atlas Films]

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OUTSTANDING POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTARY

Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court

FRONTLINE

PBS

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court

Showtime

[Trilogy Films]

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

American Masters

PBS

[Salty Features | American Masters Pictures | THIRTEEN/WNET]

Giuliani: What Happened to America's Mayor

CNN

Superpower

Paramount+

[Projected Picture Works | Public School Productions | Aldamisa Entertainment |Vice Studios]

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OUTSTANDING SOCIAL ISSUE DOCUMENTARY

Anonymous Sister

anonymoussister.com

[Big Mouth Productions | Vulcan Productions]

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived

HBO | Max

Eat Your Catfish

POV

PBS

[Zela Film | American Documentary, POV]

Every Body

NBC

[NBC News Studios |BetterThanFiction Productions]

Sound of the Police

Hulu

[ABC News Studios | Firelight Films

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OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY

Crush
Paramount+
[Triage Entertainment | All Rise Films |See It Now Studios]

Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus

FRONTLINE

PBS

[FRONTLINE | Forbidden Film | the Forbidden Stories consortium]

Savior Complex

HBO | Max

[ Latchkey Films]

Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America

Netflix

[Luminant Media |Grain Media |Insight Films]

Victim/Suspect

Netflix

[Motto Pictures, Center for Investigative Reporting Studio

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OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY

America and The Taliban
FRONTLINE
PBS

Free Chol Soo Lee

Independent Lens

PBS

JFK: One Day in America

National Geographic

[72 Films | National Geographic]

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

MSNBC Films

MSNBC

[NBC News Studios]

World War II: From the Front Lines

Netflix

[72 Films]

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OUTSTANDING ARTS AND CULTURE DOCUMENTARY

A Song Film By Kishi Bashi - 'Omoiyari'

Paramount+

[Omoiyari, LLC | HappyOkay Films |Dialogue Pictures |Movement Content]

The Legacy of J. Dilla

The New York Times Presents

FX

[The New York Times | Left/Right (a North Road company)]

LIFT

liftdocumentary.com

[Beaufort 9 Films]

Little Richard: I Am Everything

CNN Films | Max

[Bungalow Media + Entertainment]

Willie Nelson & Family

Paramount+

[MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios, Sight Unseen, Blackbird

 

OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTARY

The Battle to Beat Malaria

NOVA

PBS

[Wingspan Productions, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, NOVA/GBH]

Cosmic Time Machine

Unknown

Netflix

Encounters

Netflix

[Amblin Television, Boardwalk Pictures, VICE Studios]

Human Footprint

 

Science Fair: The Series

National Geographic

[Muck Media]

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OUTSTANDING NATURE DOCUMENTARY

Evolution Earth

PBS

[Passion Planet | PBS | Arte France| Love Nature]

The Hummingbird Effect

Nature

PBS

[Coneflower Productions | The WNET Group | Terra Mater Studios]

Incredible Animal Journeys

National Geographic

[Plimsoll Productions]

Path of the Panther

National Geographic

[Grizzly Creek Films | Wildpath | National Geographic]

 

Soul of the Ocean

Nature

PBS

[Howard Hall Productions | The WNET Group | Terra Mater Studios |Mark Fletcher Productions]

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OUTSTANDING BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DOCUMENTARY

Age of Easy Money

FRONTLINE

PBS

Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul

Netflix

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

FRONTLINE

PBS

Nothing Lasts Forever

Showtime

[Kilo Films]

Working: What We Do All Day

Netflix

[ Higher Ground | Concordia Studio]

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OUTSTANDING CRIME AND JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY

Amber: The Girl Behind the Alert
Peacock
[Lusid Media]

Chowchilla

CNN Films | Max

[Zipper Bros Films | Sutter Road Picture Company]

El Equipo

Independent Lens

PBS

[Quiet Pictures LLC]

Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning

HBO | Max

[HBO Documentary Films | The Boston Globe | Little Room Films]

Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn

Apple TV+

OUTSTANDING SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney

Paramount+

Deciding Vote

The New Yorker Documentary

The New Yorker

Last Song From Kabul

Paramount+

The Silent Witness

lifestories.org/films-series/the-silent-witness

The Takeover

Field of Vision

PBS

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

FRONTLINE

PBS

Free Chol Soo Lee

Independent Lens

PBS

Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

freedomonfire.film

[Miraflores Films | Winter on Fire | MakeMake Entertainment | PFX | 1+1 MEDIA |Diamond Docs | Donbas Frontliner | Donetsk Institute of Information]

Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing a Family’s Secrets

HBO | Max

Hidden Letters

Independent Lens

PBS

[ITVS]

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January 6th

Discovery+

[discovery+ | Propagate]

Lakota Nation vs. United States

AMC+

[Unceded Films, LLC | IFC Films]

Mourning In Lod

Showtime

[MTV Documentary Films | Medalia Productions]

Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning

HBO | Max

[HBO Documentary Films | The Boston Globe | Little Room Films]

The Stroll

HBO | Max

[HBO Documentary Films]

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OUTSTANDING WRITING: DOCUMENTARY

Exposing Parchman
A&E
[Good Caper Content | Roc Nation | Red Summer TV ]

Great Photo, Lovely Life: Facing a Family’s Secrets
HBO | Max

Nazis at Nuremberg: The Lost Testimony
National Geographic
[Steve Rotfeld Productions]

Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
FRONTLINE
PBS

The Pigeon Tunnel
Apple TV+

 

 

OUTSTANDING RESEARCH: DOCUMENTARY

Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus
FRONTLINE
PBS
[FRONTLINE | Forbidden Film | the Forbidden Stories consortium]

JFK: One Day in America
National Geographic
[72 Films | National Geographic]

Take Care of Maya
Netflix
[Story Syndicate | Wise Fool]

The Lady Bird Diaries
Hulu
[ABC News Studios | Trilogy Films]

Victim/Suspect
Netflix
[Motto Pictures | Center for Investigative Reporting Studios]

World War II: From the Front Lines
Netflix
[72 Films]

 

 

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY

Another Body
anotherbodyfilm.com
[WILLA | Murmuration Productions | Remarkably Calm Productions]

Lakota Nation vs. United States
AMC+
[Unceded Films, LLC, | IFC Films]

The Mission
National Geographic
[National Geographic |  Lightbox  | Mile End Films]

Take Care of Maya
Netflix
[Story Syndicate | Wise Fool]

Victim/Suspect
Netflix
[Motto Pictures | Center for Investigative Reporting Studios]

 

 

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTARY

Incredible Animal Journeys
National Geographic
[Plimsoll Productions]

The Lost Pyramid
Unknown
Netflix
[A Story Syndicate]

Murder In Big Horn
Showtime
[Fairhaven]

The Pigeon Tunnel
Apple TV+
[Ink Factory | Fourth Floor | Jago Films, |Storyteller Productions | 127 Wall]

Swift Justice
The New Yorker Documentary
The New Yorker

 

 

OUTSTANDING EDITING: DOCUMENTARY

American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing
Netflix

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
HBO | Max

Little Richard: I Am Everything
CNN Films | Max
[Bungalow Media + Entertainment]

Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning
HBO | Max
[HBO Documentary Films | The Boston Globe | Little Room Films]

The Pigeon Tunnel
Apple TV+
[Ink Factory | Fourth Floor | Jago Films, |Storyteller Productions | 127 Wall]

 

 

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN: DOCUMENTARY

Ancient Earth
NOVA
PBS
[BBC Studios | NOVA | WGBH]

Neighbour Abdi
Op-Docs
The New York Times                                                                                                                        

Nixon’s Reversal
Ovid
[Hi-Lo | Lost Nation Pictures]

Who Killed Robert Wone?
Peacock
[Jupiter Entertainment]

World War II: From the Front Lines
Netflix
[72 Films]

 

 

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION: DOCUMENTARY

David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
HBO | Max

Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
freedomonfire.film
[Miraflores Films, Winter on Fire, MakeMake Entertainment, PFX, 1+1MEDIA, Diamond Docs, Donbas Frontliner, Donetsk Institute of Information]

JFK: One Day in America
National Geographic
[72 Films]

Navajo Police: Class 57
HBO | Max
[Concordia Studios]

World War II: From the Front Lines
Netflix
[72 Films]

 

 

OUTSTANDING SOUND: DOCUMENTARY

Big Beasts
Apple TV+
[Plimsoll Productions in association with Apple]

Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
freedomonfire.film
[Miraflores Films | Winter on Fire | MakeMake Entertainment | PFX |1+1 MEDIA |Diamond Docs | Donbas Frontliner | Donetsk Institute of Information]

Incredible Animal Journeys
National Geographic
[Plimsoll Productions]

The Legacy of J. Dilla
The New York Times Presents
FX                                                                                                                      
[The New York Times | Left/Right (a North Road company)]

The Lost Pyramid
Unknown
Netflix
[Story Syndicate]

 

 

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION: DOCUMENTARY

Homicide Hunter: The Man With No Face
ID: Investigation
Discovery
[Jupiter Entertainment]

JFK: One Day in America
National Geographic

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
MSNBC Films
MSNBC
[NBC News Studios]

Who Killed Robert Wone?
Peacock
[Jupiter Entertainment]

Wild Crime: Blood Mountain
Hulu
[Lone Wolf Media, ABC News Studios]

 

 

OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION / SET DECORATION / SCENIC DESIGN: DOCUMENTARY

Burden of Proof
HBO | Max

Chowchilla
CNN Films | Max
[Zipper Bros Films | Sutter Road Picture Company]

The Enfield Poltergeist
Apple TV+
[MetFilm | Concordia Studio | Apple]

MADOFF: The Monster of Wall Street
Netflix
[RadicalMedia]

Stan Lee
Disney +
[Marvel Studios]

Who Killed Robert Wone?
Peacock
[Jupiter Entertainment]​​​

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OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DOCUMENTARY

Giuliani: What Happened to America’s Mayor
CNN

Incredible Animal Journeys
National Geographic
[Plimsoll Productions]

JFK: One Day in America
National Geographic
[72 Films]

The Mission
National Geographic
[National Geographic | Lightbox | Mile End Films]

Teaser: Free Chol Soo Lee on Independent Lens
Independent Lens
PBS
[ITVS]

Trailer: The Lady Bird Diaries
Hulu
[ABC News Studios | Jump Cut]

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Outstanding Regional Documentary

Burned: Six Hours in December
KUSA-TV
Heartland Chapter

The Cop Who Wouldn’t Quit
KTRK-TV
Lone Star Emmy Awards

Fossil Country
Alpheus Media
Heartland Chapter

Learned Helplessness
WBFF
National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter

The Lost Story of Emmett Till: Then and Now
NBC Chicago
Chicago / Midwest Chapter

A New Home
LUTV / Caleo Productions
Mid-America Chapter

 

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Lifetime Achievement: Documentary

Gold & Silver Circle, Documentary Community