The Satellite Awards

2007 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerSickoA documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.Amazon2007 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesDarfur NowAmazonLake of FireAmazonNo End in SightAmazonThe 11th HourAmazonThe King of Kong: A Fistful of QuartersAmazon

2006 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary WinnerDeliver Us from EvilDocumentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.Amazon2006 The Satellite Awards - Best Motion Picture - Documentary NomineesAn Inconvenient TruthAmazonJonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples TempleAmazonLeonard Cohen: I'm Your ManAmazonThe U.S. vs. John LennonAmazonThe War TapesAmazon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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