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Critics' Choice Movie Award For Best Documentary Feature
The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature is a retired award given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association from 1995 to 2015. In 2016, the association started a new set of awards for documentary features called the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. List of winners and nominees 1990s * 1995: '' Crumb'' * 1996: ''When We Were Kings'' * 1997: ''4 Little Girls'' * 1998: '' Wild Man Blues'' * 1999: ''Buena Vista Social Club'' 2000s * 2000: ''The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg'' * 2001: N/A * 2002: ''Bowling for Columbine'' ** ''The Kid Stays in the Picture'' ** ''Standing in the Shadows of Motown'' * 2003: '' Capturing the Friedmans'' ** ''The Fog of War'' ** ''Ghosts of the Abyss'' * 2004: '' Fahrenheit 9/11'' ** ''Control Room'' ** '' Metallica: Some Kind of Monster'' ** ''Super Size Me'' * 2005: ''March of the Penguins'' ** '' Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room'' ** ''Grizzly Man'' ** ''Mad Hot Ballroom' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Film Critics Association
The Critics Choice Association (CCA), formerly the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA), is an association of television, radio and online critics. Their membership includes critics who review film and television. Founded in 1995, it is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada. The organization has presented the Critics' Choice Awards, aim to recognize movies (with the Critics' Choice Movie Awards and the Critics' Choice Super Awards), television programs (with the Critics' Choice Real TV Awards, the Critics' Choice Super Awards and the Critics' Choice Television Awards) and documentaries (with the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards) each year since 1995. The association also selects a Film of the Month and recommends other films throughout the year, based on the cumulative grades each film receives in the monthly balloting. Interviews with nearly 20 current and former Critics Choice Assn. members, as well as a review of tax filings and internal e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Size Me
''Super Size Me'' is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003, during which he ate only McDonald's food. The film documents the drastic effect on Spurlock's physical and psychological health and well-being. It also explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit and gain. Spurlock ate at McDonald's restaurants three times a day, eating every item on the chain's menu at least once. Spurlock consumed an average of 20.9 megajoules or 5,000 kcal (the equivalent of 9.26 Big Macs) per day during the experiment. He also walked about 2 kilometers (1.5 miles) a day. An intake of around 2,500 kcal within a healthy balanced diet is more generally recommended for a man to maintain his weight. As a result, the then-32-year-old Spurlock gained , a 13% body mass increase, increased h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007 Film)
''In the Shadow of the Moon'' is a 2007 British documentary film about the United States' crewed missions to the Moon. After premiering at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Audience Award, it was given a limited release in the United States on 7 September 2007, and in Canada on 19 October. Although the film shares its name with a book by space historians Colin Burgess and Francis French that was also released in 2007, and both include many original interviews with Apollo lunar astronauts, neither work is a source of, or a tie-in to, the other. Synopsis The film tells the story of the crewed missions to the Moon undertaken by NASA in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of the Apollo program, with particular focus given to Apollo 11. The ten Apollo astronauts interviewed by the filmmakers for the film tell their story in their own words, supplemented by footage shot by the astronauts during the missions, archival footage and news reports about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darfur Now
''Darfur Now'' is a 2007 documentary film examining the genocide in Darfur. It was written and directed by Ted Braun and produced by Don Cheadle, Mark Jonathan Harris and Cathy Schulman. Executive Producers included Jeffrey Skoll, Omar Amanat, Dean Schramm, Diane Weyermann, and Matt Palmieri. The film is a call to action for people all over the world to help the ongoing crisis in Darfur. ''Darfur Now'' premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in the United States and Canada on November 2, 2007. Summary ''Darfur Now'' follows the story of six individuals, who are tied together by the same cause: the crisis in Darfur. These individuals include Don Cheadle, an Oscar-nominated actor using his celebrity status to draw attention to the issue, as well as Adam Sterling, a 24-year-old waiter and activist urging Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a bill to keep California funds from investing in companies with interests in Sudan, and Luis Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicko
''Sicko'' is a 2007 American political documentary film by filmmaker Michael Moore. Investigating health care in the United States, it focuses on the country's health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the for-profit non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba. Produced on a roughly $9 million budget, ''Sicko'' grossed $25 million theatrically in North America. This exceeded the official expectation of The Weinstein Company, which had hoped to be in line with ''Bowling for Columbine''s $22 million U.S. box office gross. Synopsis ''Sicko'' begins by noting that almost 50 million Americans were uninsured in 2007 while the remainder, who are covered, are often victims of insurance company fraud and red tape. ''Sicko'' mentions that the World Health Organization ranks U.S. health in general as 37 out of 191 countries and ranks some U.S. health measures, such as infant morta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wordplay (film)
''Wordplay'' is a 2006 documentary film directed by Patrick Creadon. It features Will Shortz, the editor of the ''New York Times'' crossword puzzle, crossword constructor Merl Reagle, and many other noted crossword solvers and constructors. The second half of the movie is set at the 2005 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT), where the top solvers compete for a prize of $4000. ''Wordplay'' was the best reviewed documentary film of 2006, according to Rotten Tomatoes. The movie focuses on the following crossword solvers: * Ellen Ripstein: editor living in New York City and 2001 ACPT champion. She is also known for her baton twirling. * Trip Payne: professional puzzlemaker living in South Florida and three-time ACPT champion. He held the record as the youngest champion after winning the tournament in 1993 at the age of 24. * Tyler Hinman: student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. At the 2005 ACPT, he challenged Trip Payne for the title of youngest champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Killed The Electric Car?
''Who Killed the Electric Car?'' is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Chris Paine that explores the creation, limited commercialization and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the mid-1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the federal government of the United States, the California government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology. After a premiere at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, it was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Classics on June 28, 2006. A follow-up documentary, ''Revenge of the Electric Car'', was released in 2011. Topics addressed The film deals with the history of the electric car, its modern development, and commercialization. The film focuses primarily on the General Motors EV1, which was made available for lease mainly in Southern California, after the Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
''This Film Is Not Yet Rated'' is a 2006 American documentary film about the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system and its effect on American culture, directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Eddie Schmidt. It premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and received a limited theatrical release on September 1, 2006. IFC, the film's distributor, aired the film later that year. As it includes numerous clips from films rated NC-17 to illustrate content that had garnered the rating, the MPAA rated an early version of the film NC-17 due to "some graphic sexual content". Dick appealed this rating so he could chronicle both the rating and appeals process of the early version of the film in the final version, which, true to the title, is not rated. The film discusses a number of alleged disparities in the ratings the MPAA gives films and the feedback it gives filmmakers based on whether the project is a studio or independent film, whether the questionable content is v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shut Up And Sing
''Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing'' (also known simply as ''Shut Up and Sing'') is a 2006 American documentary film produced and directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck.Singer, Leig BBC Collective Dixie Chicks Shut up and Sing Film Interview/ref> The film follows the Dixie Chicks, an all-female Texas-based country music trio, over a three-year period of intense public scrutiny, fan backlash, physical threats, and pressure from both corporate and conservative political elements in the United States after lead singer Natalie Maines publicly criticized then President of the United States George W. Bush during a live 2003 concert in London as part of their Top of the World Tour. Synopsis The title of the film was inspired by conservative commentator Laura Ingraham, who coined the phrase "shut up and sing" in such context earlier; it was the title of her 2003 book '' Shut Up & Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America''. The tagline of the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Inconvenient Truth
''An Inconvenient Truth'' is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming. The film features a slide show that, by Gore's own estimate, he has presented over 1,000 times to audiences worldwide. The idea to document Gore's efforts came from producer Laurie David, who saw his presentation at a town hall meeting on global warming, which coincided with the opening of ''The Day After Tomorrow''. Laurie David was so inspired by his slide show that she, with producer Lawrence Bender, met with Guggenheim to adapt the presentation into a film. Premiering at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and opening in New York City and Los Angeles on May 24, 2006, the film was a critical and commercial success, winning two Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song. The film grossed $24 million in the U.S. and $26 million at the international box office, becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murderball (film)
''Murderball'' is a 2005 American documentary film about athletes who are physically disabled who play wheelchair rugby. It centres on the rivalry between the Canadian and U.S. teams leading up to the 2004 Paralympic Games. It was directed by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro, and produced by Jeffrey V. Mandel and Shapiro. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature for the 78th Academy Awards. ''Murderball'' was the first and only MTV film released through THINKFilm as well as Participant Media. UN screening The film was screened at the United Nations uncut. One of its stars, Mark Zupan, winced when describing how embarrassed he was to have his mother hear his remarks on the sex lives of persons with quadriplegia. Production ''Murderball'' was shot on a low budget. The main camera used was a Panasonic AG-DVX100; a Sony PD150 was used to shoot some of the early interviews. The crew rigged a Sennheiser shotgun microphone to use as a boom, and relied heavily on Lavali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Hot Ballroom
''Mad Hot Ballroom'' is a 2005 American documentary film directed and co-produced by Marilyn Agrelo and written and co-produced by Amy Sewell, about a ballroom dance program in the New York City Department of Education, the New York City public school system for fifth graders. Several styles of dance are shown in the film, such as tango, foxtrot, swing, rumba and merengue. Synopsis Based on a feature article written by Sewell, ''Mad Hot Ballroom'' looks inside the lives of 11-year-old New York City public school kids who journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves along the way. Told from the students' perspectives as the children strive toward the final citywide competition, the film chronicles the experiences of students at three schools in the neighborhoods of Tribeca, Bensonhurst and Washington Heights. The students are united by an interest in the ballroom dancing lessons, which builds over a 10-week period and culminates in a competition t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
