“O.J.: Made in America” wins big at Critics’ Choice Documentary AwardsNovember 4, 2016 - 11:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “O.J.: Made in America” won four prizes at the first annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards on Thursday, November 3 night. Ezra Edelman’s film walked away with honors for best documentary and best director (theatrical feature), best sports documentary, and best limited documentary series, Variety reports. Ava DuVernay’s “13th” won best documentary and best director in the TV/streaming categories, as well as best political documentary. Nominees were announced last month. Full list of winners below. Best Documentary – Theatrical Feature “O.J.: Made in America” Best Director – Theatrical Feature Ezra Edelman (“O.J.: Made in America”) Best Documentary – TV/Streaming “13th” ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ ‘13th,’ ‘Gleason’ Lead Critics’ Choice Documentary Nominations Best Director – TV/Streaming Ava DuVernay (“13th”) Best First Documentary – Theatrical Feature Jack Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg (“Weiner”) Best First Documentary – TV/Streaming TIE – Jacob Bernstein, Nick Hooker (“Everything Is Copy”) and Deborah Esquenazi (“Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four”) Best Political Documentary “13th” Best Sports Documentary “O.J.: Made in America” Best Music Documentary “The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years” Best Song in a Documentary “I’m Still Here” from “Miss Sharon Jones!” Best Limited Documentary Series “O.J.: Made in America” Best Ongoing Documentary Series “30 for 30” Most Innovative Documentary “Tower” Photo: AP Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |