2nd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards explained

Number:	2
Award:	Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Date:	November 2, 2017
Site:	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Last:	1st
Next:	3rd

The 2nd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 2, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television.^{[1] [2]} The nominees were announced on October 11, 2017.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Jane Beware the Slenderman California Typewriter Chasing Coral City of Ghosts Cries from Syria Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis Faces Places Kedi One of Us Spettacolo Strong Island	Evgeny Afineevsky – Cries from Syria Frederick Wiseman – Amir Bar-Lev – Long Strange Trip Matthew Heineman – City of Ghosts Bill Morrison – Doug Nichol – California Typewriter Jeff Orlowski – Chasing Coral Irene Taylor Brodsky – Beware the Slenderman Ceyda Torun – Kedi Agnès Varda & JR – Faces Places
Kedi California Typewriter Nowhere to Hide Step Strong Island Whose Streets?	11/8/16 City of Ghosts Dolores The Reagan Show
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives Contemporary Color Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis I Called Him Morgan Long Strange Trip	Icarus AlphaGo Disgraced Speed Sisters Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton Trophy
American Masters 30 for 30 Frontline Independent Lens POV VICE	The Vietnam War The Defiant Ones Five Came Back The Keepers The Nineties Planet Earth II
The Cats of Istambul – Kedi Etty Ausch – One of Us Al Gore – Dolores Huerta – Dolores Gigi Lazzarato – This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous The Sung Family –	Last Men in Aleppo 78/52 Casting JonBenet Karl Marx City Kedi
“Jump” – Step – By Cynthia Erivo “Truth to Power” – – By OneRepublic “Tell Me How Long” – Chasing Coral – By Kristen Bell “Prayers for This World” – Cries from Syria – By Cher “Best I Can” – Dina – By Michael Cera featuring Sharon Van Etten “Served Like a Girl” – Dancing Through the Wreckage – By Pat Benatar

Films by multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
5	Kedi
3
California Typewriter
Chasing Coral
City of Ghosts
Cries from Syria
2	Dolores
Step
Beware the Slenderman
Faces Places
Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis
One of Us
Strong Island
Long Strange Trip

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
2
Kedi

See also

• 90th Academy Awards
• 70th Primetime Emmy Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: Full Winners List. November 2, 2017 . Hollywood Reporter. November 16, 2020.
2. Web site: ‘Jane’ Takes Top Prize at Second Annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. Nyren. Eric. November 2, 2017 . Variety . November 16, 2020.
3. Web site: Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: 'Kedi' Leads Nominations. Chuba. Kirsten. October 11, 2017 . Hollywood Reporter. November 16, 2020.