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The Central Park Five (2012)

Awards

The Central Park Five

10 wins & 18 nominations

Critics Choice Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Documentary Feature

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Documentary

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Ken Burns at an event for Cairo Time (2009)
    2012 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Ken Burns
    • Sarah Burns
    • David McMahon
  • Ken Burns at an event for Cairo Time (2009)
    2012 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • Ken Burns
    • Sarah Burns
    • David McMahon

Satellite Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Documentary

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Ken Burns at an event for Cairo Time (2009)
    2013 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Ken Burns (director/producer)
    • Sarah Burns (director/producer)
    • David McMahon (director/producer)

International Documentary Association

  • Ken Burns at an event for Cairo Time (2009)
    2012 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature
    • Ken Burns (director/producer/executive producer/writer)
    • Sarah Burns (director/producer/writer)
    • David McMahon (director/producer/writer)
  • Ken Burns at an event for Cairo Time (2009)
    2012 Nominee Video Source Award
    • Ken Burns (director/writer/producer/executive producer)
    • Sarah Burns (director/writer/producer)
    • David McMahon (director/writer/producer)

London Film Festival

  • Ken Burns at an event for Cairo Time (2009)
    2012 Nominee Grierson Award
    • Ken Burns
    • David McMahon
    • Sarah Burns

National Board of Review, USA

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Winner Freedom of Expression Award

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Non-Fiction Film

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Ken Burns at an event for Cairo Time (2009)
    2014 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
    • Ken Burns (executive producer/producer/director)
    • Sarah Burns (producer/director)
    • David McMahon (producer/director)
  • Ken Burns at an event for Cairo Time (2009)
    2014 Nominee Emmy
    • Best Documentary
    • Ken Burns (executive producer/producer/director)
    • Sarah Burns (producer/director)
    • David McMahon (producer/director)

Peabody Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2014 Winner Peabody Award

Television Critics Association Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Winner TCA Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in News and Information

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Sarah Burns at an event for The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Documentary Screenplay
    • Sarah Burns (written by)
    • David McMahon (written by)
    • Ken Burns (written by)

Black Reel Awards

  • Sarah Burns at an event for The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Winner Black Reel
    • Best Documentary
    • Sarah Burns
    • Ken Burns
    • David McMahon

Chlotrudis Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Documentary

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Sarah Burns at an event for The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
    • Sarah Burns (director)
    • David McMahon (director)
    • Ken Burns (director)

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Heidi Ewing
    2013 Winner EDA Female Focus Award
    • Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry
    • Heidi Ewing (director: Detropia)
    • Rachel Grady (director: Detropia)
    • Lauren Greenfield (director: Queen of Versailles)
    • Alison Klayman (director: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry)
    • Sarah Burns (director: The Central Park Five)
    Women Documentary Filmmakers of 2012
    Shared with: Detropia · The Queen of Versailles · Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

New York Film Critics, Online

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Best Documentary

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Documentary Feature

Online Film & Television Association

  • Ken Burns at an event for Cairo Time (2009)
    2013 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Documentary Picture
    • Ken Burns
    • Sarah Burns
    • David McMahon

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Documentary Feature Film

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Documentary
    5th place. Tied with The Gatekeepers (2012), Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011) and Searching for Sugar Man (2012).

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2013 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Documentary Film

Black Film Critics Circle Awards

  • The Central Park Five (2012)
    2012 Winner BFCC Award
    • Best Documentary

Gabriel Awards

  • Ken Burns at an event for Cairo Time (2009)
    2013 Winner Gabriel Award
    • Documentary
    • Ken Burns

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