4th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards explained

Number:	4
Award:	Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Date:	November 10, 2019
Site:	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Host:	Jonathan Scott
Last:	3rd
Next:	5th

The 4th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 10, 2019. at the BRIC in Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television, the ceremony was hosted by Jonathan Scott.^{[1] [2]} The nominees were announced in October 14, 2019, with The Biggest Little Farm leading the nominations with seven.^[3]

Special awards

At the ceremony, director Michael Apted received "The Landmark Award", and filmmaker Frederick Wiseman was presented as the recipient for "The D A Pennebaker Award" (previously called the Critics’ Choice Lifetime Achievement Award).

Winners and nominees

Apollo 11 (Neon) American Factory (Netflix) The Biggest Little Farm (Neon) The Cave (National Geographic) Honeyland (Neon) The Kingmaker (Showtime) Knock Down the House (Netflix) Leaving Neverland (HBO) Maiden (Sony Pictures Classics) One Child Nation (Amazon Studios) They Shall Not Grow Old (Warner Bros.)	Peter Jackson – They Shall Not Grow Old Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – American Factory Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts – For Sama John Chester – The Biggest Little Farm Feras Fayyad – The Cave Todd Douglas Miller – Apollo 11 Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang – One Child Nation
Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov – Honeyland Midge Costin – A.J. Eaton – Pamela B. Green – Richard Miron – For the Birds Garret Price – Love, Antosha	They Shall Not Grow Old (Warner Bros.) Aquarela (Sony Pictures Classics) Cold Case Hammarskjöld (Magnolia) (Netflix) Screwball (Greenwich) Serendipity (Cohen Media)
Apollo 11 (Neon) Amazing Grace (Neon) Maiden (Sony Pictures Classics) Mike Wallace Is Here (Magnolia) Pavarotti (CBS Films) (Netflix) They Shall Not Grow Old (Warner Bros.) (HBO)	Period. End of Sentence. (Netflix) The Chapel at the Border (Atlantic Documentaries) Death Row Doctor (The New York Times Op-Docs) In the Absence (Field of Vision) Lost World Mack Wrestles (ESPN) The Polaroid Job (The New York Times Op-Docs) Sam and the Plant Next Door (The Guardian) The Unconditional The Waiting Room (The Guardian)
American Factory (Netflix) The Edge of Democracy (Netflix) Hail Satan? (Magnolia) The Kingmaker (Showtime) Knock Down the House (Netflix) One Child Nation (Amazon Studios)	Maiden (Sony Pictures Classics) Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (Entertainment Studios) Diego Maradona (HBO) Rodman: For Better or Worse (ESPN) The Spy Behind Home Plate (Ciesla Foundation) (HBO)
(Magnolia) (Sony Pictures Classics) The Kingmaker (Showtime) (Greenwich) Love, Antosha (Lurker Films) Mike Wallace Is Here (Magnolia) Pavarotti (CBS Films)	Apollo 11 (Neon) (Kino Lorber) Aquarela (Sony Pictures Classic) The Biggest Little Farm (Neon) The Elephant Queen (Apple) Honeyland (Neon) Penguins (Disney) Sea of Shadows (National Geographic)
Western Stars – Bruce Springsteen, narrator and writer – Alicia Vikander, narrator; Jennifer Baichwal, writer The Biggest Little Farm – John Chester, Molly Chester, narrators; John Chester, writer The Edge of Democracy – Petra Costa, narrator; Petra Costa, Carol Pires, David Barker, Moara Passoni, writers The Elephant Queen – Chiwetel Ejiofor, narrator; Mark Deeble, writer For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab, narrator and writer Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People – Adam Driver, narrator; Oren Rudavsky and Bob Seidman, writers One Child Nation – Nanfu Wang, narrator and writer	Dr. Amani Ballor – The Cave David Crosby – Tracy Edwards – Maiden Imelda Marcos – The Kingmaker Hatidze Muratova – Honeyland Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush and Paula Jean Swearengin – Knock Down the House Linda Ronstadt – Dr. Ruth Westheimer – Ask Dr. Ruth
(Greenwich) Amazing Grace (Neon) (Sony Pictures Classics) (Abramorama) Pavarotti (CBS Films) (Netflix) Western Stars (Warner Bros.)	Matt Morton – Apollo 11 Jeff Beal – The Biggest Little Farm Matthew Herbert – The Cave Plan 9 – They Shall Not Grow Old H. Scott Salinas – Sea of Shadows Eicca Toppinen – Aquarela
John Chester – The Biggest Little Farm Ben Bernhard and Viktor Kossakovsky – Aquarela Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma – Honeyland Nicholas de Pencier – Muhammed Khair Al Shami, Ammar Suleiman, and Mohammad Eyad – The Cave Richard Ladkani – Sea of Shadows	Todd Douglas Miller – Apollo 11 Georg Michael Fischer and Verena Schönauer – Sea of Shadows Jabez Olssen – They Shall Not Grow Old Amy Overbeck – The Biggest Little Farm Lindsay Utz – American Factory Nanfu Wang – One Child Nation

Films by multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
7	The Biggest Little Farm
6	They Shall Not Grow Old
Apollo 11
5	The Cave
One Child Nation
Honeyland
4	American Factory
The Kingmaker
Aquarela
Sea of Shadows
Maiden
3	Pavarotti
Knock Down the House
2	The Edge of Democracy
The Elephant Queen
Western Stars
Love, Antosha
Amazing Grace
Mike Wallace Is Here
For Sama

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
5	Apollo 11
2	American Factory
Honeyland
Maiden
They Shall Not Grow Old

See also

• 92nd Academy Awards
• 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fourth Annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Award Winners Revealed. November 10, 2019. Critics' Choice Association. February 7, 2021. December 21, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211221234917/http://www.criticschoice.com/2019/11/fourth-annual-critics-choice-documentary-award-winners-revealed/. dead.
2. Web site: Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: 'Apollo 11' Tops Winners List. November 10, 2019 . The Hollywood Reporter. February 7, 2021.
3. Web site: ‘Biggest Little Farm’ Nabs Seven Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards Nominations. October 14, 2019 . Variety. February 7, 2021.