On October 10, 2016 the Broadcast Television Journalists Association announced nominees for the inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, honoring both documentary features and non-fiction television.
PBS congratulates INDEPENDENT LENS, JACKIE ROBINSON, SOUNDBREAKING: STORIES FROM THE CUTTING EDGE OF RECORDED MUSIC, FRONTLINE and POV on their nominations.
Winners will be announced during a gala event on November 3, 2016 at BRIC in Brooklyn, NY.
To view a full list of nominees, click here.
PBS’ Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards nominees are:
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
INDEPENDENT LENS “Tower”
(Kino Lorber/ITVS/Meredith Vieira Productions/GTS Films/Diana DiMenna Film)
BEST DIRECTION OF A DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
INDEPENDENT LENS “Tower” – Keith Maitland
BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY
INDEPENDENT LENS “Newtown”
(Abramorama/Mile 22/Independent Television Service)
BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES
JACKIE ROBINSON
(PBS/Florentine Films)
SOUNDBREAKING: STORIES FROM THE CUTTING EDGE OF RECORDED MUSIC
(PBS/Higher Ground/Show of Force)
BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES
FRONTLINE
POV
BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
JACKIE ROBINSON
(PBS/Florentine Films)
MOST INNOVATIVE DOCUMENTARY
INDEPENDENT LENS “Tower”
(Kino Lorber/ITVS/Meredith Vieira Productions/GTS Films/Diana DiMenna Film)
