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Best Documentary Feature

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Gurus of Gold Experts:
180
/180
Gurus of Gold Editors:
135
/135
Best Documentary Feature Points
Name
Total Category Points
Category Precursor Points
Category Wins
Category Nominations
Hollywood Reporter Rank
Variety Rank
Gurus of Gold Expert Points
Gurus of Gold Editors Points
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American Symphony
318
0
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1
1
46
36
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20 Days in Mariupol
257
2
Sundance Film Festival
4
3
41
31
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Beyond Utopia
254
2
Sundance Film Festival
3
2
32
24
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Four Daughters
205
4
Gotham Awards
5
4
21
23
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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
190
0
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2
6
24
13
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The Eternal Memory
106
10
Sundance Film Festival
7
8
8
4
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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
65
12
Sundance Film Festival
7
1
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Apolonia, Apolonia
62
1
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5
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Bobi Wine: The People's President
57
0
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6
1
3
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Stamped from the Beginning
53
0
[  ]
8
9
3
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To Kill a Tiger
21
0
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9
1
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32 Sounds
12
0
[  ]
10
2
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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
2
0
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1
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In the Rearview
0
0
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A Still Small Voice
0
0
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Documentary Feature Shortlist
Name
Runtime
Director
Imdb link
Stream
Buy
Rent
Plot
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American Symphony
1 hr 44 mins
Matthew Heineman
Netflix
Netflix basic with Ads
In this deeply intimate documentary, musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.
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Apolonia, Apolonia
1 hr 56 mins
Lea Glob
The talented Apolonia grows up seeking her place in the art world while grappling with the agonies and joys of womanhood and relationships in a world dominated by patriarchy, capitalism, and war.
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Beyond Utopia
1 hr 55 mins
Madeleine Gavin
Apple TV
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Vudu
Microsoft Store
Apple TV
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Vudu
Microsoft Store
Spectrum On Demand
The story of several families as they attempt to escape oppression in North Korea, revealing a world most of us have never seen.
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Bobi Wine: The People's President
1 hr 53 mins
Moses Bwayo
Christopher Sharp
Disney Plus
Follows Ugandan opposition leader, activist and musical star Bobi Wine. He used his music to fight the regime led by Yoweri Museveni, the person who led the country for 35 years.
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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
1 hr 41 mins
Nancy Buirski
Hoopla
Apple TV
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Vudu
Kino Now
Apple TV
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Vudu
Kino Now
Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.
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The Eternal Memory
1 hr 25 mins
Maite Alberdi
Paramount Plus
Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
Apple TV
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Vudu
Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.
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Four Daughters
1 hr 47 mins
Kaouther Ben Hania
Apple TV
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Vudu
Apple TV
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Vudu
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.
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Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
1 hr 42 mins
Joe Brewster
Michèle Stephenson
Max
Max Amazon Channel
A look at the life of poet, Nikki Giovanni and the revolutionary historical periods through which she lived, from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.
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In the Rearview
1 hr 24 mins
Maciek Hamela
A small van traverses war-torn roads, picking up Ukrainians as they abandon their homes at the front. Shuttling them across the battered landscape into exile, the van becomes a fragile refuge, a zone for its passengers' confidences.
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Stamped from the Beginning
1 hr 31 mins
Roger Ross Williams
Netflix
Netflix basic with Ads
A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas".
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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
1 hr 35 mins
Davis Guggenheim
Apple TV Plus
Follows the life of beloved actor and advocate Michael J. Fox, exploring his personal and professional triumphs and travails, and what happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease.
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A Still Small Voice
1 hr 33 mins
Luke Lorentzen
An aspiring hospital chaplain begins a yearlong residency in spiritual care, only to discover that to successfully tend to her patients, she must look deep within herself.
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32 Sounds
1 hr 35 mins
Sam Green
Explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.
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To Kill a Tiger
2 hrs 5 mins
Nisha Pahuja
In a small village in Jharkhand, India, Ranjit wakes up to find that his 13-year-old daughter has not returned home from a family wedding. Calls are made, a search ensues, and a few hours later, she's found stumbling home. After having been dragged into the woods, she was sexually assaulted by three men, all of whom are known to the family. Ranjit and his wife go to t... Read all
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20 Days in Mariupol
1 hr 35 mins
Mstyslav Chernov
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Vudu
Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Vudu
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.
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