Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro (pictured), James Bluemel‘s Exodus: The Journey Continues and Jonathan Olshefski‘s Quest are among the films competing for best documentary honors at the 40th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
The docs are among several nominees across 49 categories focused on documentaries, news reports and multimedia projects, as presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).
American pubcaster PBS leads all networks with 47 nominations, followed by CBS with 33, HBO with 32, CNN with 15, ABC with 13, The New York Times with 12 and Univision with 10.
PBS once again dominated the “Best Documentary” category, earning four of five nominations across its various strands, including for Exodus: The Journey Continues (‘Frontline’), I Am Not Your Negro (‘Independent Lens’), as well as Nowhere to Hideand Quest (‘POV’). The fifth nomination went to HBO’s I Am Evidence.
This year’s awards – which consider programming that aired during the 2018 calendar year – will be presented on Sept. 24 at a ceremony at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City.
“The clear, transparent, and factual reporting provided by these journalists and documentarians is paramount to keeping our nation and its citizens informed,” said Adam Sharp, president & CEO of NATAS, in a statement. “Even while under attack, truth and the hard-fought pursuit of it must remain cherished, honored, and defended. These talented nominees represent true excellence in this mission and in our industry.”
Below is a list of long-form news, documentary and interactive doc nominees. For the complete list, visit the Emmy website.
Best Documentary
PBS, FRONTLINE
Exodus: The Journey Continues
HBO, HBO Documentary Films
I Am Evidence
PBS, Independent Lens
I Am Not Your Negro
PBS, POV
Nowhere to Hide
PBS, POV
Quest
Outstanding Short Documentary
GQ / Condé Nast Entertainment
Beneath the Ink
HBO, HBO Documentary Films
Traffic Stop
NBC
Meet the Press Film Festival with AFI: Guns Found Here
PBS, POV Shorts
Earthrise
Showtime
The Family Business: Trump and Taxes
CondeNast them
Trans in America: Texas Strong
Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary
Nat Geo WILD
700 Sharks
VOD, Bayonet Media
Pressing on: The Letterpress Film
PBS, Independent Lens
Wildland
Nat Geo WILD
The Flood
Smithsonian Channel, The Wild Andes
Patagonia Untamed
Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
The Facebook Dilemma
PBS: ‘Frontline’
Director: James Jacoby
It Will Be Chaos
HBO Documentary Films
Directors: Lorena Luciano, Filippo Piscopo
Lifeboat
Spin Film/ RYOT
Director: Skye Fitzgerald
Nowhere to Hide
PBS: ‘POV’
Director: Zaradasht Ahmed
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
Armed With Faith
World Channel: ‘Doc World’
Directors: Asad Faruqi, Geeta Gandbhir
Separated: Children at the Border
PBS: ‘Frontline
The Judge
PBS: ‘Independent Lens’
Director: Erika Cohn
No Greater Law
A&E
Director: Tom Dumican
Reversing Roe
Netflix
Directors: Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
Crime + Punishment
Hulu
Quest
PBS: ‘POV’
Director: Jonathan Olshefski
Survivor
PBS: ‘POV’
Director: Arthur Pratt
Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
Paramount Network
The Price of Free
YouTube
Director Derek Doneen
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
No Stone Unturned
Director: Alex Gibney
Documenting Hate
PBS: ‘Frontline’
Director: Richard Rowley
Myanmar’s Killing Fields
PBS: ‘Frontline’
Director: Patrick Wells
UN Sex Abuse Scandal
PBS: ‘Frontline’
I Am Evidence
HBO Documentary Films
Director: Geeta Gandbhir
Outstanding Historical Documentary
Going to War
PBS
King in the Wilderness
HBO Documentary Films
Director: Peter Kunhardt
The Oslo Diaries
HBO Documentary Films
Directors: Mor Loushy, Daniel Sivan
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
PBS: ‘Independent Lens’
Directors: Stanley Nelson, Marco Williams
Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
Starz
Director: Joe Berlinger
Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary
Arthur Miller: Writer
HBO Documentary Films
Director: Rebecca Miller
Believer
HBO Documentary Films
Director: Don Argott
The Price of Everything
HBO Documentary Films
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
PBS, ‘Independent Lens’
The Cleaners
PBS, NOVA
Decoding the Weather Machine
PBS, NOVA
Transplanting Hope
National Geographic
One Strange Rock
National Geographic
Genesis
National Geographic
Science Fair
Outstanding Nature Documentary
CNN, CNN Films
Trophy
PBS, Independent Lens
Wildland
National Geographic
Into the Okavango
PBS, Nature
Sex, Lies and Butterflies
PBS, Nature
Super Cats: Cats in Every Corner
Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
World Channel, America ReFramed
Personal Statement
PBS, FRONTLINE
The Pension Gamble
PBS, Independent Lens
Dolores
PBS, POV
The Workers Cup
HBO, VICE Special Report
Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis
Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary
PBS, FRONTLINE
The Last Generation
National Geographic
Polar Obsession
PBS, POV Shorts
Give
The New York Times
An Israeli Soldier Killed a Medic in Gaza.We Investigated the Fatal Shot
Univision, Univision Digital
When Abortion is a Lifeline
Outstanding Editing: Documentary
PBS, Independent Lens
Unrest
PBS, Independent Lens
Wildland
Paramount Network
Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
Netflix
Take Your Pills
Epix
This Is Home: A Refugee Story