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Academy Awards, USA (1)
American Cinema Editors, USA (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Cinema Audio Society, USA (1)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (9)
Satellite Awards (1)
Humanitas Prize (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
International Documentary Association (2)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (1)
MTV Movie + TV Awards (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Empire Awards, UK (1)
San Francisco Film Critics Circle (1)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle (1)
Golden Trailer Awards (1)
Black Reel Awards (3)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Chlotrudis Awards (1)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association (1)
Austin Film Critics Association (1)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (1)
North Texas Film Critics Association, US (1)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (3)
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards (1)
New York Film Critics, Online (1)
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College Television Awards (1)
Iowa Film Critics Awards (1)
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) (1)
Denver Film Critics Society (1)
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) (1)
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (1)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Village Voice Film Poll (1)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
Women Film Critics Circle Awards (4)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (1)
Indiewire Critics' Poll (1)
North Carolina Film Critics Association (1)
Black Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Phoenix Critics Circle (1)
Gold Derby Awards (2)
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (5)
Hawaii Film Critics Society (1)
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards (2)
New Mexico Film Critics (1)
Seattle Film Critics Society (2)
32 wins & 47 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2017 Nominee
Oscar
Best Documentary Feature
Ava DuVernay
Spencer Averick
Howard Barish
American Cinema Editors, USA
2017 Nominee
Eddie
Best Edited Documentary - Feature
Spencer Averick
BAFTA Awards
2017 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Documentary
Ava DuVernay
Spencer Averick
Howard Barish
Cinema Audio Society, USA
2017 Nominee
C.A.S. Award
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures - Documentary
Jeffrey Perkins
(re-recording mixer)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2016 Nominee
DFWFCA Award
Best Documentary
2nd place
Primetime Emmy Awards
2017 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Angus Wall
Jason Sterman
Spencer Averick
Ava DuVernay
Howard Barish
2017 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Common
(music & lyrics)
Robert Glasper
(music)
Karriem Riggins
(music)
For song "Letter to the Free"
2017 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
Ava DuVernay
2017 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Ava DuVernay
Spencer Averick
2017 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
Hans Charles
Kira Kelly
4 more
All
Satellite Awards
2017 Winner
Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Documentary
Humanitas Prize
2017 Winner
Humanitas Prize
Documentaries - Special Awards Category
Ava DuVernay
Joint winner
Image Awards (NAACP)
2017 Winner
Image Award
Outstanding Documentary (Film)
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2017 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Documentary
Ava DuVernay
International Documentary Association
2016 Winner
Video Source Award
Ava DuVernay
2016 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Feature
Ava DuVernay
Spencer Averick
Howard Barish
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2016 Nominee
Sierra Award
Best Documentary
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2017 Nominee
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing - Documentary Feature Film
Tim Boggs
(supervising sound editor)
Julie Pearce
(music editor)
Lise Richardson
(music editor)
Jeffrey Perkins
(sound designer)
Alex Lee
(sound effects editor)
MTV Movie + TV Awards
2017 Winner
MTV Movie + TV Award
Best Documentary
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2017 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Non-Fiction Film
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2017 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Documentary
Empire Awards, UK
2017 Nominee
Empire Award
Best Documentary
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
2016 Nominee
SFFCC Award
Best Documentary
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2016 Nominee
VFCC Award
Best Documentary
Golden Trailer Awards
2017 Winner
Golden Trailer
Best Documentary TV Spot
Black Reel Awards
2017 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Motion Picture
Howard Barish
Ava DuVernay
Spencer Averick
2017 Winner
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary Feature
Ava DuVernay
2017 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Original Song
Common
Bilal
Song: "A Letter to the Free"
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2016 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Documentary
Chlotrudis Awards
2017 Winner
Chlotrudis Award
Best Documentary
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2017 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Documentary
Austin Film Critics Association
2016 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Documentary
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2016 Winner
WAFCA Award
Best Documentary
Cinema for Peace Awards
2017 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
Ava DuVernay
(director)
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
2018 Winner
duPont-Columbia Award
Documentary Feature
Shared with:
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2018 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking
Ava DuVernay
Howard Barish
Ben Cotner
Adam Del Deo
Lisa Nishimura
North Texas Film Critics Association, US
2016 Nominee
NTFCA Award
Best Documentary
2nd place
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2017 Winner
EDA Female Focus Award
Best Woman Director
Ava DuVernay
2017 Winner
EDA Female Focus Award
Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry
Ava DuVernay
For 13th and raising awareness about the need for diversity and gender equality in Hollywood.
2017 Winner
EDA Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
Ava DuVernay
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
2016 Nominee
DFCS Award
Best Documentary
New York Film Critics, Online
2016 Winner
NYFCO Award
Best Documentary
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College Television Awards
2017 Winner
Emmy
Outstanding Motion Design
Leanne Dare
(Co-Creative Director)
Angus Wall
(Co-Creative Director)
Lynn Cho
(Designer)
Dan Meehan
(Animator)
Ekin Akalin
(Animator)
Iowa Film Critics Awards
2017 Nominee
IFC Award
Best Documentary
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
2016 Winner
AAFCA Award
Best Documentary
Denver Film Critics Society
2017 Nominee
DFCS Award
Best Documentary Film
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
2017 Nominee
GAFCA Award
Best Documentary Film
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
2017 Nominee
Dorian Award
Documentary of the Year
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2017 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Documentary Feature
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
2016 Nominee
HMMA Award
Best Original Song - Documentary
Common
(music, lyrics, and performed by)
For the song "Letter to the Free".
Online Film & Television Association
2017 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Documentary Picture
Ava DuVernay
Spencer Averick
Howard Barish
Village Voice Film Poll
2016 Nominee
VVFP Award
Best Documentary
4th place.
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2016 Winner
ACCA
Best Documentary Feature Film
Ava DuVernay
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2016 Winner
WFCC Award
Best Movie by a Woman
Ava DuVernay
2016 Winner
WFCC Award
Best Woman Storyteller
Ava DuVernay
2016 Winner
WFCC Award
Best Documentary by or About Women
2016 Winner
Courage in Filmmaking Award
Ava DuVernay
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2017 Nominee
INOCA
Best Documentary
Ava DuVernay
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2016 Nominee
ICP Award
Best Documentary
4th place.
North Carolina Film Critics Association
2017 Nominee
NCFCA Award
Best Documentary Film
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
2016 Winner
BFCC Award
Best Documentary
Phoenix Critics Circle
2016 Nominee
PCC Award
Best Documentary Film
Gold Derby Awards
2020 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Documentary Feature of the Decade
Ava DuVernay
Spencer Averick
Howard Barish
2017 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Documentary Feature
Ava DuVernay
Spencer Averick
Howard Barish
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
2016 Winner
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Director (TV/Streaming)
Ava DuVernay
2016 Nominee
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Song in a Documentary
Common
Karriem Riggins
Robert Glasper
Song: "Letter to the Free"
2016 Nominee
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Documentary Feature
2016 Winner
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Documentary Feature (TV/Streaming)
2016 Winner
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Political Documentary
Hawaii Film Critics Society
2017 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Documentary
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards
2017 Nominee
CIFCC Award
Best Documentary Film
2017 Winner
Impact Award
Ava DuVernay
Tied with
Jacqueline Najuma Stewart
and
Charles Musser
for
An Introduction: Pioneers of African-American Cinema (2016)
.
New Mexico Film Critics
2016 Winner
NMFC Award
Best Original Song
Song: "Letter to the Free"
Seattle Film Critics Society
2017 Nominee
SFCS Award
Best Picture
2017 Nominee
SFCS Award
Best Documentary Feature
Ava DuVernay
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