Precursor: 7th Critics Choice Documentary Nominations (2022)

The Critics Choice Documentary awards haven’t proven terribly instructive as a precursor, so we cover them as a perfunctory act rather than a necessary one.

Nominations Tallies

(7) Fire of Love
(6) Good Night Oppy
(5) Moonage Daydream, Navalny, Three Minutes: A Lengthening
(4) The Automat, The Janes
(3) The Beatles: Get Back, Cow, Descendant, George Carlin’s American Dream, Lucy and Desi, Nuisance Bear, Sidney, The Territory

The Nominations

Best Documentary

Aftershock
The Automat
Descendant
Fire of Love
Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down
Good Night Oppy
The Janes
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Sidney

Best Archival Documentary

The Beatles: Get Back
Fire of Love
Moonage Daydream
Nothing Compares
Riotsville, U.S.A.
Three Minutes: A Lengthening

Best Historical Documentary

The Automat
Descendant
The Janes
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Still Working 9 to 5
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
The U.S. and the Holocaust

Best Biographical Documentary

George Carlin’s American Dream
The Last Movie Stars
Lucy and Desi
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
Sidney
Sr.

Best Music Documentary

The Beatles: Get Back
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
If These Walls Could Sing
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues
Moonage Daydream
Nothing Compares
The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile

Best Political Documentary

Aftershock
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down
The Janes
Navalny
Retrograde
Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best Science/Nature Documentary

All That Breathes
Cow
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Nuisance Bear
Return to Space
The Territory

Best Sports Documentary

Citizen Ashe
Hockeyland
Kaepernick & America
McEnroe
The Redeem Team
Welcome to Wrexham

Best Short Documentary

38 at the Garden
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison
The Flagmakers
Four Seasons Total Documentary
My Disability Roadmap
Nuisance Bear
Stranger at the Gate

Best Director (Documentary)

Judd Aapatow, Michael Bonfiglio – George Carlin’s American Dream
Margaret Brown – Descendant
Sara Dosa – Fire of Love
Reginald Hudlin – Sidney
Brett Morgen – Moonage Daydream
Lauara Poitras – All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Daniel Roher – Navalny
Ryan White – Good Night Oppy

Best Narration (Documentary)

Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story – Matthew McConaughey
Fire of Love – Miranda July
Good Night Oppy – Angela Bassett
Our Great National Parks – Barack Obama
Riotsville, U.S.A. – Charlene Modeste
Three Minutes: A Lengthening – Helena Bonham Carter

Best Score (Documentary)

The Automat
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
The Janes
Lucy and Desi
Navalny

Best Editing (Documentary)

The Beatles: Get Back
Fire of Love
George Carlin’s American Dream
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Three Minutes: A Lengthening

Best Cinematography (Documentary)

All That Breathes
Cow
McEnrose
Nuisance Bear
Our Great National Parks
The Territory

Best First Documentary Feature

Andrea Arnold – Cow
Lisa Hurwitz – The Automat
Jono McLeod – My Old School
Amy Poehler – Lucy and Desi
Alex Pritz – The Territory
David Sieve – Bad Axe
Bianca Stigter – Three Minutes: A Lengthening