2002 IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards Nominees
Feature Documentaries
A Child's Century of War
Shelley Saywell, Deborah Parks
Films Transit International
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
Sherry Simpson, Lee Hirsch,
Artisan Entertainment, HBO/Cinemax, The South African Broadcast Corporation
Blue Vinyl
Daniel B. Gold , Judith Helfand
HBO, Next Wave Films, Working Films
Mai's America
Marlo Poras
P.O.V., ITVS, Women Make Movies
Seniorita Extraviada
Lourdes Portillo
Women Make Movies
Sister Helen
Rebecca Cammisa, Rob Fruchtman
Small Town Ecstasy
Arnold Shapiro, Jay Blumenfield
HBO
Spellbound
Jeff Blitz, Sean Welch
Thinkfilm
Stealing the Fire
John S. Friedman, Eric Nadler
Stone Reader
Mark Moskowitz, Robert Gooodman
ABCNews VideoSource Award
Age of Terror
Jon Blair, Bettina Hatami
Discovery Networks International
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
Sherry Simpson, Lee Hirsch,
Artisan Entertainment, HBO/Cinemax, The South African Broadcast Corporation
Bringing Down a Dictator
Steve York, Peter Ackerman
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
Daniel Yergin, William Cran
Hell in the Pacific
Jonathan Lewis, Polly Bride
TLC, Carlton International Media
In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01
Brad Grey, Sheila Nevins, John Hoffman
HBO
Inside Pol Pot's Secret Prison
Bill Brummel, Greg DeHart
The History Channel
The Internationale
Peter Miller, Amy Carey Linton
First Run/Icarus Films
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
Ross Greenburg, Rick Bernstein
HBO, Black Canyon Productions
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecki
BBC
Pare Lorentz Award
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
Sherry Simpson, Lee Hirsch,
Artisan Entertainment, HBO/Cinemax, The South African Broadcast Corporation
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: War Letters
Robert Kenner, Margaret Drain
PBS
Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film
Ric Burns, Marilyn Ness
PBS Home Video
At Journey's Edge
John Murphy, Lynn Birkett
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
Blue Planet: Seas of Life
Alastair Fothergill, Martin Elsbury, Maureen Lemire
Discovery Channel, BBC Worldwide
In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01
Brad Grey, Sheila Nevins, John Hoffman
HBO
The Internationale
Peter Miller, Amy Carey Linton
First Run/Icarus Films
Lost World of the Holy Land
Jill Shinefield, Gail Willumsen
Thirteen/WNET New York, National Geographic Television
Sin Libertad
Iñaki Arteta
Continuing Series
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: War Letters
Robert Kenner, Margaret Drain
PBS
Blue Planet: Seas of Life
Alastair Fothergill, Martin Elsbury, Maureen Lemire
Discovery Channel, BBC Worldwide
Inside Pol Pot's Secret Prison
Bill Brummel, Greg DeHart
The History Channel
NOVA: Shackelton's Voyage of Endurance
Sarah Holt, Kelly Tyler, Paula Apsell
WGBH Boston, PBS
Super Surgery: First Breath
Eric Schotz, Bill Paolantonio
Discovery Health Channel, LMNO Productions
Limited Series
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Woodrow Wilson
Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson
Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
Daniel Yergin, William Cran
Kindergarten
Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
HBO
Military Diaries
R.J. Cutler, Laura Zucco Thompson
VH-1
The Secret Life of the Brain
David Grubin, Beth Hoppe
Thirteen/WNET New York
Short Documentaries
At Journey's Edge
John Murphy, Lynn Birkett
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
The Internationale
Peter Miller, Amy Carey Linton
First Run/Icarus Films
Judy's Time
Erin Flannery
University of Southern California Graduate School of Cinema-Television
Shades of Grey
Edward P. Stencel, Tim De Paepe
Seventh Art Releasing
Smashed
Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
HBO
IDA/David L. Wolper Student Documentary Achievement Award
Baile del Diavolo
Maria Teresa Murillo
University of California, Los Angeles
Left Behind
Christof Putzel
Connecticut College
Moving House
Tan Pin Pin
Northwestern University
Seasoned Veterans: Journey of a Winter Soldier
Benito Aragon, Melinda Kahl, Michael Kirschbaum
University of Florida
Cockfight
Tiller Russell, Loren Mendell
University of Southern California