Cinema Eye Honors Announces First Round Of Documentary Nominations
By Matthew Carey
October 19, 2023
The Hulu series The 1619 Project and the Showtime feature Nothing Lasts Forever scored a leading three nominations apiece today as the Cinema Eye Honors announced its first round of contenders for the prestigious documentary-focused awards.
The “1619 Project,” based on Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Pulitzer Prize-winning examination of slavery in North America and its impact up until the present day, earned nominations for Best Anthology Series, broadcast editing and broadcast cinematography. Oprah Winfrey, Oscar winner Roger Ross Williams and Hannah-Jones are among the producers of the six-part series.
Nothing Lasts Forever, director Jason Kohn’s glittering examination of the world of diamonds – the real kind and the emergence of undetectable “synthetic” diamonds – earned nominations for Best Broadcast Film, broadcast editing and broadcast cinematography. Scroll for the full list of nominations announced today.
Other films and series that scored multiple nominations include Hulu’s “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”; National Geographic’s “Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin”; Netflix’s “Our Planet II”; FX’s “Dear Mama,” and Peacock’s “Paul T. Goldman.”
The Cinema Eye Honors, now in its 17th year, “recognizes outstanding artistic achievement in nonfiction and documentary films and series,” including directing, producing, cinematography, editing, composing, sound design, visual design “and recognizing the contributions of participants in front of the camera.”
Nominees in additional categories will be revealed on November 9. The 17th Cinema Eye Honors Awards will be presented January 12 at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem.
In addition to broadcast categories, Cinema Eye today announced its Audience Choice Award Long List of 20 films; fans can vote beginning today to determine the winner of that award (past nominees have included RBG, Summer of Soul, Free Solo, and Navalny).
Cinema Eye also announced the 10 films to make this year’s Shorts List, the organization’s annual list of semi-finalists for its Nonfiction Short Film Honor (a maximum of six of those semi-finalists will claim nominations next month). And the awards show also announced its annual list of The Unforgettables — “a category unique to Cinema Eye that celebrates the collaboration between filmmakers and the participants in front of the camera.”
Broadcast Film Nominees:
—Being Mary Tyler Moore, directed by James Adolphus, HBO | Max
—Judy Blume Forever, directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, Prime Video
—Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, directed by Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir, Peacock
—Nothing Lasts Forever, directed by Jason Kohn, Showtime
—Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, directed by Lana Wilson, Hulu
—The Stroll, directed by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker, HBO | Max
Nonfiction Series Nominees:
—Couples Therapy — Season Three, directed by Joshua Altman and Bennett Elliott, Showtime
—Dear Mama, directed by Allen Hughes, FX
—Paul T. Goldman, directed by Jason Woliner, Peacock
—Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?, directed by Andrew Renzi, Netflix
—Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence, directed by Zach Heinzerling, Hulu
Anthology Series Nominees:
—The 1619 Project Executive Producers: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Roger Ross Williams, Shoshana Guy, Caitlin Roper, Kathleen Lingo, Helen Verno and Oprah Winfrey, Hulu
—Chef’s Table: Pizza Executive Producers: Andrew Fried, David Gelb and Brian McGinn, Netflix
—Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin Executive Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman and Anna Barnes, National Geographic
—Leguizamo Does America Executive Producers: Carolina Saavedra, John Leguizamo, Ben DeJesus, Elizabeth Fischer, Andy Berg, Rashida Jones and Amanda Spain, MSNBC
—Our Planet IImExecutive Producers: Alastair Fothergirll and Keith Scholey, Netflix
—Untold Executive Producers: Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Isabel San Vargas, Ryan Duffy, Miguel Tamayo, Jaymee Messler and Chrissy Teigen, Netflix
Broadcast Editing Nominees:
—The 1619 Project Editors: Ephraim Kirkwood, Adriana Pacheco, Stefanie Maridueña and Ed Barteski, Hulu
—Dear Mama Editor: Lasse Järvi, FX
—Paul T. Goldman Editors: Mike Giambra, Hank Friedmann, Jody McVeigh-Schultz and Danny Scharar, Peacock
—Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields Editors: Sara Newens, Anne Yao and David Teague, Hulu
—Nothing Lasts Forever Editors: Paul Marchand and Jack Price, Showtime
Broadcast Cinematography Nominees:
—The 1619 Project Cinematographer: Jerry Henry, Hulu
—The Cave of Adullam Cinematographers: Greg Harriot and Mike Doyle, ESPN
—Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin Cinematographers: Ross McDonnell, Alfredo de Juan, Cam Riley, Nick Kraus, Bryan Smith, David Pearson and Pablo Durana, National Geographic
—Nothing Lasts Forever Cinematographer: Heloisa Passos, Showtime
—Our Planet II Nominees to be determined, Netflix
—Restaurants at the End of the World Cinematographer: Petr Cikhart, National Geographic
Shorts List Semifinalists:
—Away, directed by Ruslan Fedotow
—Between Earth and Sky, directed by Andrew Nadkami
—Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games, directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
—Deciding Vote, directed by Jeremy Workman and Rob Lyons
—Into the Blue, directed by Omer Sami
—The Last Repair Shop, directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
—Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers, directed by Meredith Moore
—Neighbour Abdi, directed by Douwe Dijkstra
—Oasis, directed by Justine Martin
—Will You Look at Me, directed by Shuli Huang
Audience Choice Award Long List:
—20 Days in Mariupol, directed by Mstyslav Chernov
—32 Sounds, directed by Sam Green
—American Symphony, directed by Matthew Heineman
—Beyond Utopia, directed by Madeleine Gavin
—Bobi Wine: The People’s President, directed by Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo
—A Compassionate Spy, directed by Steve James
—Confessions of a Good Samaritan, directed by Penny Lane
—The Deepest Breath, directed by Laura McGann
—The Eternal Memory, directed by Maite Alberdi
—Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
—Little Richard: I Am Everything, directed by Lisa Cortés
—Invisible Beauty, directed by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng
—Joan Baez I Am a Noise, directed by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky and Maeve O’Boyle
—Kokomo City, directed by D. Smith
—The Mission, directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss
—The Pigeon Tunnel, directed by Errol Morris
—Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, directed by Anna Hints
—Stamped From the Beginning, directed by Roger Ross Williams
—Stephen Curry: Underrated, directed by Peter Nicks
—Still: Michael J. Fox Movie, directed by Davis Guggenheim
The Unforgettables Honorees:
—American Symphony, Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad
—Apolonia, Apolonia, Apolonia Sokol
—Bobi Wine: The People’s President, Bobi Wine
—Confessions of a Good Samaritan, Penny Lane
—The Disappearance of Shere Hite, Shere Hite
—The Eternal Memory, Augusto Góngora & Paulina Urrutia
—Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, Nikki Giovanni
—Invisible Beauty, Bethann Hardison
—Joan Baez I Am a Noise, Joan Baez
—Kokomo City, Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell and Dominique Silver
—The Pigeon Tunnel, David Cornwell aka John le Carré
—Still: Michael J. Fox Movie, Michael J. Fox
—A Still Small Voice, Margaret “Mati” Engel
—Twice Colonized, Aaju Peter
—While We Watched, Ravish Kumar
