1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award Winner and Nominees

When We Were Kings

Leon Gast

A documentary of the 1974 heavyweight championship bout in Zaire, “The Rumble in the Jungle,” between champion George Foreman and underdog challenger Muhammad Ali.

American Experience

Steven Ascher

Looking for Richard

Al Pacino

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

Joe Berlinger

The Celluloid Closet

Rob Epstein