The 2nd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 2, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. The nominees were announced on October 11, 2017.
Winners and nominees Jane Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Beware the Slenderman Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds California Typewriter Chasing Coral City of Ghosts Cries from Syria Dawson City: Frozen Time Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Faces Places Kedi One of Us Spettacolo Strong Island Evgeny Afineevsky – Cries from Syria Frederick Wiseman – Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Amir Bar-Lev – Long Strange Trip Matthew Heineman – City of Ghosts Bill Morrison – Dawson City: Frozen Time Doug Nichol – California Typewriter Jeff Orlowski – Chasing Coral Irene Taylor Brodsky – Beware the Slenderman Ceyda Torun – Kedi Agnès Varda & JR – Faces Places Kedi California Typewriter Nowhere to Hide Step Strong Island Whose Streets? Abacus: Small Enough to Jail 11/8/16 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power City of Ghosts Dolores The Reagan Show Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives Contemporary Color Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis I Called Him Morgan Long Strange Trip Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Icarus AlphaGo Disgraced Speed Sisters Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton Trophy American Masters 30 for 30 Frontline Independent Lens POV VICE The Vietnam War The Defiant Ones Five Came Back The Keepers The Nineties Planet Earth II The Cats of Istambul – Kedi Etty Ausch – One of Us Al Gore – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Dolores Huerta – Dolores Gigi Lazzarato – This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous The Sung Family – Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Last Men in Aleppo Dawson City: Frozen Time 78/52 Casting JonBenet Karl Marx City Kedi “Jump” – Step – By Cynthia Erivo “Truth to Power” – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power – By OneRepublic “Tell Me How Long” – Chasing Coral – By Kristen Bell “Prayers for This World” – Cries from Syria – By Cher “Best I Can” – Dina – By Michael Cera featuring Sharon Van Etten “Dancing Through the Wreckage” – Served Like a Girl – By Pat Benatar
Films by multiple nominations and wins
The following films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 5 Kedi 3 Abacus: Small Enough to Jail California Typewriter Chasing Coral City of Ghosts Cries from Syria Dawson City: Frozen Time An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power 2 Dolores Step Beware the Slenderman Faces Places Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis Ex Libris: The New York Public Library One of Us Strong Island Long Strange Trip
The following films received multiple awards:
Wins Film 2 Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Kedi
See also 90th Academy Awards 70th Primetime Emmy Awards
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