Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film

2000 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerDark DaysMarc SingerA cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.Amazon2000 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesThe Life and Times of Hank GreenbergAviva KempnerAmazon

1999 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerBuena Vista Social ClubWim WendersAging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extrAmazon1999 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesMr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.Errol MorrisAmazon

1998 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerThe Farm: Angola, USAJonathan StackDocumentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a life sentence who is about to die.Amazon1998 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesPublic HousingFrederick WisemanAmazon

1997 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerRiding the RailsLexy LovellRiding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. From 'middle class gentility to scrabble-ass poor,' ...Amazon1997 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesSick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, SupermasochistKirby DickAmazon

1996 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerWhen We Were KingsLeon GastA documentary of the 1974 heavyweight championship bout in Zaire, "The Rumble in the Jungle," between champion George Foreman and underdog challenger Muhammad Ali.Amazon1996 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesParadise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood HillsJoe BerlingerAmazon

1995 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerCrumbTerry ZwigoffAn intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.Amazon1995 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film NomineesTheremin: An Electronic OdysseySteven M. MartinAmazon

1994 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerHoop DreamsSteve JamesA film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.Amazon

1993 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerIt's All TrueOrson WellesA documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.Amazon

1992 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerBlack HarvestBob ConnollyJoe Leahy is the half-caste son of one of the first explorers of the Papua New Guinean interior. His relations with the local Ganiga tribe who work his coffee plantation on their land are ...AmazonThreatStefan JarlAmazon

1991 LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film WinnerAmerican DreamBarbara KoppleChronicles the six-month strike at Hormel in Austin, Minnesota, in 1985-86. The local union, P-9 of the Food and Commercial Workers, overwhelmingly rejects a contract offer with a $2/hour ...Amazon