6th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

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6th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
DateNovember 14, 2021
Site BRIC, Brooklyn, United States
Hosted by Roy Wood Jr.
Official website www.criticschoice.com

The 6th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 14, 2021 at the BRIC in Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. It was hosted by Roy Wood Jr. [1]

Contents

Ascension and Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) led the nominations with six each with the latter winning all of its nominations. [2] [1]

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on October 18, 2021. [3]

Best Archival Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best Political Documentary
Best Sports Documentary
  • The Alpinist
    • Changing the Game
    • The Day Sports Stood Still
    • Kevin Garnett: Anything is Possible
    • LFG
    • Tiger
Best Historical or Biographical Documentary
Best Science/Nature Documentary
Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary
Best Music Documentary
Best Score
Best Cinematography
Best Editing

Pennebaker Award

Films with multiple nominations

Films with multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
6 Ascension
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
5 Becoming Cousteau
The Rescue
4 The Sparks Brothers
Val
The Velvet Underground
3 Attica
The Crime of the Century
Fauci
Introducing, Selma Blair
LFG
The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52
My Name Is Pauli Murray
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2 The Alpinist
A Crime on the Bayou
Faya Dayi
Final Account
The First Wave
Flee
Julia
Mayor Pete
Not Going Quietly
Playing With Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story
Puff: Wonders of the Reef
The Year Earth Changed
Films with multiple wins
WinsFilm
6 Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
3 The Rescue
2 Val

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