Critics Choice Documentary Awards 2020
Monday, November 16, 2020 at 6:00PM 
It's the fifth year since the Critics Choice Awards spun off their documentary honors until a whole sidebar awards. I personally abstain from these as I don't see enough documentaries. Our doc corner guru Glenn Dunks would be an ideal voter, though. If he wrote about these winning films, there's a link. The big winners were Dick Johnson is Dead with the two top wins and an additional honor and My Octopus Teacher with two wins as well. The full list of wins is after the jump...
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Dick Johnson Is Dead (Netflix)
BEST DIRECTOR Kirsten Johnson, Dick Johnson Is Dead (Netflix)
BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Melissa Haizlip, Mr. SOUL! (Shoes in the Bed Productions)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Roger Horrocks, My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
BEST EDITING Lindy Jankura, Alexis Johnson and Alex Keipper, Totally Under Control (Neon)
BEST SCORE Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts and Buck Sanders, The Way I See It (Focus Features)
BEST NARRATION David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (Netflix)
BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY MLK/FBI (Field of Vision/IFC Films)
BEST HISTORICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY John Lewis: Good Trouble (Magnolia Pictures/Participant)
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY (TIE) Beastie Boys Story (Apple) AND The Go-Go’s (Showtime)
BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY Boys State (Apple)
BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY (TIE) Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (HBO) AND Athlete A (Netflix)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY St. Louis Superman (MTV Documentary Films)
MOST COMPELLING LIVING SUBJECTS OF A DOCUMENTARY (HONOR)
- Dr. Rick Bright - Totally Under Control (Neon)
- Steven Garza - Boys State (Apple)
- The Go-Go’s - The Go-Go’s (Showtime)
- Judith Heumann - Crip Camp (Netflix)
- Dick Johnson - Dick Johnson Is Dead (Netflix)
- Maggie Nichols, Rachael Denhollander, Jamie Dantzscher - Athlete A (Netflix)
- Fox Rich - Time (Amazon)
- Pete Souza - The Way I See It (Focus Features)
- Taylor Swift - Miss Americana (Netflix)
- Greta Thunberg - I Am Greta (Hulu)
Reader Comments (3)
Thrilled for The Go-Gos!
Happy for Kirsten and Dick Johnson!
Great news for My Octopus Teacher. I hope it to be Oscar nominated.