Stranger Things
Nominee The search for a young boy who seemingly vanishes into thin air in Hawkins, Indiana in the 1980s.
60 Minutes: The White Helmets
Nominee A report on Syria’s volunteer search and rescue teams pulling life out of bombed out buildings.
CBS Reports: The Vanishing Family—Crisis in Black America
It has only been thirty-three years since Brown vs. Board of Education but the American social landscape has undergone tremendous change. At the core of our continuing search for national…
Independent Lens: Brakeless
Rarely do we see a documentary running under an hour which takes a complex subject and examines it from every conceivable angle, yet does full justice to all its concerns…
Institutional Award: Afropop Worldwide
On the radio continuously since 1988, Afropop Worldwide revels in and reveals music that Africa has inspired in its diverse homelands and around the globe. It’s part dance party, part…
Fault Lines: Haiti in a Time of Cholera
Following Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, a widespread cholera epidemic devastated an already shattered island nation, claiming nearly 8,000 lives and infecting more than half a million others. Al Jazeera America’s Fault…
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica is not just another apocalyptic vision of the future but an intense drama that poses provocative questions regarding religion, politics, sex and what it truly means to be…
CNN Presents: “Beneath the Veil” and “Unholy War”
In two exceptional documentaries, Investigative Reporter Saira Shah and Cameraman James Miller create unforgettable before-and-after images of contemporary Afghanistan. CNN Productions Executive Producer Vivian Schiller and Supervising Producer Jennifer Hyde…
POV: Regret to Inform
“We regret to inform,” the telegram began, as Barbara Sonneborn received word that her husband, Jeff, had been killed in the Vietnam War. Twenty years later, Sonneborn, now a photographer…
The Second World War in Colour (History Alive: World War II in Color)
Carefully culling never-before-seen color footage, this stunning documentary presents World War II in fresh, disturbing and astonishing new ways. Rare and lavishly restored (but un-retouched) color footage from as early…