Best Motion Picture – Documentary

2008 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerAnita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz SingerA tribute to jazz diva Anita O'Day, completed just weeks before her death in November 2006.AmazonMan on WireA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".Amazon2008 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesEncounters at the End of the WorldAmazonPray the Devil Back to HellAmazonReligulousAmazonWaltz with BashirAmazon

1997 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary Winner4 Little GirlsSpike LeeA documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.Amazon1997 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesFast, Cheap & Out of ControlErrol MorrisAmazonHype!Steven HelveyAmazonShooting PornCaryn HorwitzAmazonSick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, SupermasochistKirby DickAmazon

1998 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerAyn Rand: A Sense of LifeMichael PaxtonA documentary focusing on the life of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, the author of the bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and originator of the Objectivist philosophy.Amazon1998 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesKurt & CourtneyNick BroomfieldAmazonPublic HousingFrederick WisemanAmazonThe CruiseBennett MillerAmazonThe Farm: Angola, USAJonathan StackAmazon

1999 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerBuena Vista Social ClubAging 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 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary Nominees42 UpAmazonAmerican MovieAmazonMr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.AmazonReturn with HonorAmazonThe Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat GenerationAmazon

2000 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerReckless IndifferenceReckless Indifference examines the tragic chain of events that led to the murder of a Los Angeles teenager who was also the son of an LAPD officer. At the end of an heated and emotional ...Amazon2000 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesCaptured on Film: The True Story of Marion DaviesAmazonDark DaysAmazonInto the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the KindertransportAmazonOne Day in SeptemberAmazonThe Eyes of Tammy FayeAmazon

2001 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerIn Cane for LifeThe life of sugarcane cutters in a farm in Jaú, Brazil, and some episodes of their lives, like the death of a worker during a fight in a bar, the natural abortion of one of the women, the ...Amazon2001 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesCalle 54AmazonMy Voyage to ItalyAmazonStanley Kubrick: A Life in PicturesAmazon

2002 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerThe Kid Stays in the PictureDocumentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans (the film shares the same name as Evans's famous 1994 autobiography).Amazon2002 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesBiggie and TupacAmazonBowling for ColumbineAmazonDogtown and Z-BoysAmazonThe CockettesAmazon

2003 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerAmandla! A Revolution in Four Part HarmonyInterviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid.Amazon2003 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesCapturing the FriedmansAmazonLost in La ManchaAmazonMy Flesh and BloodAmazonStevieAmazonThe Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamaraAmazon

2004 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerSuper Size MeWhile examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.Amazon2004 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesBorn Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light KidsAmazonLightning in a BottleAmazonTouching the VoidAmazonTupac: ResurrectionAmazon

2005 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerMad Hot BallroomThe students of several New York City elementary schools learn ballroom dancing and compete in a city wide dance competition.Amazon2005 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesFavela RisingAmazonIndependent LensAmazonMarch of the PenguinsAmazonMurderballAmazonNew York DollAmazon