Organizers behind the History Makers conference, to be held from January 26-28 in New York, have announced the nominees for its awards ceremony, recognizing the best in history, current affairs and non-fiction programming.

This year’s gala will be hosted by Alison Stewart, co-anchor of PBS’ TV and online newsmagazine Need to Know. The Peabody Award-winning Stewart has also reported and anchored for ABC News, CBS News, NPR, NBC News, MSNBC, and MTV News.

The nominees are:

BEST HISTORY PRODUCTION
America Before Columbus
Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion
In association with ARTE and ZDF Enterprises
For ZDF and National Geographic Channel
Germany

Into the Deep: America, Whaling, & the World
Steeplechase Films
In association with ‘American Experience’
USA

Kokoda
Pericles Films
In association with Featherstone Productions
For the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Australia

The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination
Tom Jennings Productions
USA

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Ehrlich-Goldsmith Productions
For PBS
USA

My Lai
Ark Media
In association with ‘American Experience’
USA

BEST USE OF ARCHIVE IN A HISTORY PRODUCTION
13 at War – ‘City on Fire’
NPS
For Zapp, Nederland 3
The Netherlands

A Thousand Encores: The Ballet Russes in Australia
Flaming Star Films
In association with the Australian Ballet
For ABC TV Arts & Entertainment
Australia

JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America
New Animal Productions
For History
USA

My Lai
Ark Media
In association with ‘American Experience’
USA

My Perestroika
Red Square Productions and Bungalow Town Productions
In association with ‘American Documentary’ | POV and YLE Finland
USA

Reel Injun
Rezolution Pictures International, Inc
In association with the National Film Board of Canada
Canada

BEST HISTORICAL DRAMA PRODUCTION
Darwin’s Darkest Hour
A National Geographic Television production for ‘NOVA’
In association with NHK
For PBS
USA

The Great Escape: The Reckoning
Electric Pictures
In association with Brook Lapping Productions
For ABC (Australia) and Channel 4 (UK)
Australia / UK

Home by Christmas
Gaylene Preston Productions Ltd
In association with Midnight Film Productions & Motion Pictures
New Zealand

The Road to Coronation Street
ITV Studios
In association with BBC
For BBC4
UK

The Tail Operation
TVP SA – Film Agency
For TVP1
Poland

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PRODUCTION

Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines
Clover Films
UK

Five Days That Changed Britain
BBC
UK

For Neda
HBO
In association with Mentorn Media
UK

My Father, the Iron Curtain and Me
TVP Kultura
In association with EBU

For TVP Kultura
Poland

Secret Iraq
Quicksilver Media
For BBC
UK

Surviving Mumbai
Electric Pictures
In association with Furnace Limited

For ABC (Australia), Discovery Asia, CBC (Canada), WNET/PBS (USA), More4 (UK) and HISTORY (USA)
Australia

MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
Elemental Productions
USA

Addicted to Money
Electric Pictures
For ABC (Australia), RTE (Ireland), and S4C (Wales)
Australia

Battle for North America
Ballista Media Ltd
For BBC
UK

Beasts of the Bible
Associated Producers Ltd.
For Vision TV and Animal Planet
Canada

Love, Hate and Propaganda – ‘Truth and Total War’
CBC/Radio-Canada
Canada

The Naked Archaeologist – ‘The Hairy Show’
Associated Producers Ltd.
For Vision TV and History International
Canada

BEST INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION
Horrible Histories Interactive
Lion Television
In association with Littleloud
For CBBC
UK

Inside Disaster
PTV Productions
In association with TVO, ITVS Global Entertainment, Canal D, ACCESS, SCN and ichannel
For TVO
Canada

The Law Project
Monro Communications
In association with B.C. Social Studies Teachers Association
For the Justice Education Society of B.C.
Canada

Redress Remix
Stitch Media
In association with S&S Productions
For OMNI Television
Canada