Best Documentary

2019 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerAmerican FactoryJulia ReichertEnd 2008, GM closes a plant in Ohio. A Chinese billionaire/Fuyao Glass buys the plant 2014 and invests in auto glass production. There are 2000 jobs there by late 2016. USA meets PRChina.Amazon2019 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesApollo 11Todd Douglas MillerAmazonMidnight TravelerHassan FaziliAmazonOne Child NationNanfu WangAmazonThe Edge of DemocracyPetra CostaAmazon

2018 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerHale County This Morning, This EveningRaMell RossA kaleidoscopic and humanistic view of the Black community in Hale County, Alabama.Amazon2018 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesBisbee '17Robert GreeneAmazonMinding the GapBing LiuAmazonShirkersSandi TanAmazonWon't You Be My Neighbor?Morgan NevilleAmazon

2017 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerStrong IslandYance FordWhen filmmaker Yance Ford investigates the 1992 murder of a young black man, it becomes an achingly personal journey since the victim, 24-year-old William Ford Jr., was the filmmaker's brother.Amazon2017 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesEx Libris: New York Public LibraryFrederick WisemanAmazonRat FilmTheo AnthonyAmazonThe WorkJairus McLearyAmazonWhose Streets?Sabaah FolayanAmazon

2016 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerO.J.: Made in AmericaEzra EdelmanA chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.Amazon2016 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesCamerapersonKirsten JohnsonAmazonI Am Not Your NegroRaoul PeckAmazonTowerKeith MaitlandAmazonWeinerJosh KriegmanAmazon

2015 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerThe Look of SilenceJoshua OppenheimerA family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.Amazon2015 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesApproaching the ElephantAmanda WilderAmazonCartel LandMatthew HeinemanAmazonHeart of a DogLaurie AndersonAmazonListen to Me MarlonStevan RileyAmazon

2014 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerCitizenfourLaura PoitrasA documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.Amazon2014 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesActressRobert GreeneAmazonLife ItselfSteve JamesAmazonManakamanaStephanie SprayAmazonPoint and ShootMarshall CurryAmazon

2013 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerThe Act of KillingJoshua OppenheimerA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.Amazon2013 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesFirst Cousin Once RemovedAlan BerlinerAmazonLet the Fire BurnJason OsderAmazonOur NixonPenny LaneAmazonThe Crash ReelLucy WalkerAmazon

2012 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerHow to Survive a PlagueDavid FranceThe story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.Amazon2012 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesDetropiaHeidi EwingAmazonMarina Abramovic: The Artist Is PresentMatthew AkersAmazonRoom 237Rodney AscherAmazonThe Waiting RoomPeter NicksAmazon

2011 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerBetter This WorldKatie GallowayA pair of childhood friends from Texas who set out to prove themselves.Amazon2011 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesBill Cunningham: New YorkRichard PressAmazonHell and Back AgainDanfung DennisAmazonThe InterruptersSteve JamesAmazonThe WoodmansScott WillisAmazon