On the episodic side, “The Beatles: Get Back” won Best Limited Series Documentary and Best Music Documentary, though it lost Best Archival Documentary to “Fire of Love.” And Rob McElhenney showed up to accept Best Sports Documentary for “Welcome to Wrexham,” an honor his show shared with “Citizen Ashe.” Keep reading for the complete list of nominees from the 2022 Critics Choice Documentary Awards. Winners have been bolded. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Benjamin Bernhard, Riju Das – “All That Breathes” (HBO) Magda Kowalczyk – “Cow” (IFC Films) Lucas Tucknott – “McEnroe” (Showtime) Gabriela Osio Vanden, Jack Weisman, Sam Holling – “Nuisance Bear” (The New Yorker) The Cinematography Team – “Our Great National Parks” (Netflix) Alex Pritz, Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau – “The Territory” (National Geographic Documentary Films)
BEST NARRATION “Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story” (Fin and Fur Films) Written by Ben Masters Performed by Matthew McConaughey “Fire of Love” (National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon) Written by Shane Boris, Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, Sara Dosa Performed by Miranda July “Our Great National Parks” (Netflix) Performed by Barack Obama “Riotsville, U.S.A.” (Magnolia Pictures) Written by Tobi Haslett Performed by Charlene Modeste “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” (Neon) Written by Bianca Stigter Performed by Helena Bonham Carter BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY “The Beatles: Get Back” (Disney+) “Fire of Love” (National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon) “Moonage Daydream” (HBO/Neon) “Nothing Compares” (Showtime) “Riotsville, U.S.A.” (Magnolia Pictures) “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” (Neon) BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY “The Automat” (A Slice of Pie Productions) “Descendant” (Netflix) “The Janes” (HBO) “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power” (Peacock) “Still Working 9 to 5” (Mighty Fine Entertainment) “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” (Neon) “The U.S. and the Holocaust” (PBS) BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY “The Beatles: Get Back” (Disney+) “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song” (Sony Pictures Classics) “If These Walls Could Sing” (Disney Original Documentary) “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” (Apple TV+) “Moonage Daydream” (HBO/Neon) “Nothing Compares” (Showtime) “The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile” (Sony Pictures Classics)
BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY “Aftershock” (Hulu/Onyx Collective) “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (HBO/Neon) “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” (Briarcliff Entertainment/CNN Films/TIME Studios) “The Janes” (HBO) “Navalny” (HBO Max/CNN Films/Warner Bros. Pictures) “Retrograde” (National Geographic Documentary Films) “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” (Netflix) BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY “Citizen Ashe” (Magnolia/HBO Max/CNN Films) “Hockeyland” (Greenwich Entertainment) “Kaepernick & America” (Dark Star Pictures) “McEnroe” (Showtime) “The Redeem Team” (Netflix) “Welcome to Wrexham” (FX/Hulu) BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY “38 at the Garden” (HBO) “Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison” (MTV Documentary Films) “The Flagmakers” (National Geographic Documentary Films) “Four Seasons Total Documentary” (MSNBC) “My Disability Roadmap” (The New York Times Op Docs) “Nuisance Bear” (The New Yorker) “Stranger at the Gate” (The New Yorker) BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES “The Beatles: Get Back” (Disney+) “Hostages” (HBO) “The Last Movie Stars” (HBO Max/CNN Films) “The Lincoln Project” (Showtime) “Our Great National Parks” (Netflix) “The U.S. and the Holocaust” (PBS) “We Need to Talk About Cosby” (Showtime) BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES “30 for 30” (ESPN) “American Masters” (PBS) “Cheer” (Netflix) “The Circus” (Showtime) “Unsolved Mysteries” (Netflix) “Welcome to Wrexham” (FX/Hulu) Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
