2nd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 2017

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

Best Documentary Feature Jane Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Beware the Slenderman Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds California Typewriter Chasing Coral City of Ghosts Cries from Syria Dawson City: Frozen Time Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Faces Places Kedi One of Us Spettacolo Strong Island	Best Direction for a Documentary Feature Evgeny Afineevsky – Cries from Syria Frederick Wiseman – Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Amir Bar-Lev – Long Strange Trip Matthew Heineman – City of Ghosts Bill Morrison – Dawson City: Frozen Time Doug Nichol – California Typewriter Jeff Orlowski – Chasing Coral Irene Taylor Brodsky – Beware the Slenderman Ceyda Torun – Kedi Agnès Varda & JR – Faces Places
Best First Documentary Feature Kedi California Typewriter Nowhere to Hide Step Strong Island Whose Streets?	Best Political Documentary Abacus: Small Enough to Jail 11/8/16 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power City of Ghosts Dolores The Reagan Show
Best Music Series Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives Contemporary Color Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis I Called Him Morgan Long Strange Trip Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World	Best Sports Documentary Icarus AlphaGo Disgraced Speed Sisters Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton Trophy
Best Ongoing Documentary Series (TV/Streaming) American Masters 30 for 30 Frontline Independent Lens POV VICE	Best Limited Documentary Series The Vietnam War The Defiant Ones Five Came Back The Keepers The Nineties Planet Earth II
Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary Honorees The Cats of Istambul – Kedi Etty Ausch – One of Us Al Gore – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Dolores Huerta – Dolores Gigi Lazzarato – This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous The Sung Family – Abacus: Small Enough to Jail	Most Innovative Documentary Last Men in Aleppo Dawson City: Frozen Time 78/52 Casting JonBenet Karl Marx City Kedi
Best Song in a Documentary *“Jump” – Step* – By Cynthia Erivo** “Truth to Power” – An Inconvenient Sequel: 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	Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
	California Typewriter
	Chasing Coral
	City of Ghosts
	Cries from Syria
	Dawson City: Frozen Time
	An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2	Dolores
	Step
	Beware the Slenderman
	Faces Places
	Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis
	Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
	One of Us
	Strong Island
	Long Strange Trip

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
2	Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
2	Kedi

References

^ "Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: Full Winners List". Hollywood Reporter. November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
^ Nyren, Eric (November 2, 2017). "'Jane' Takes Top Prize at Second Annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards". Variety. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
^ Chuba, Kirsten (October 11, 2017). "Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: 'Kedi' Leads Nominations". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 16, 2020.