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2nd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

{{Short description|Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 2017}}

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| award = Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

| date = November 2, 2017

| site = Brooklyn, New York, United States

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| website = {{url|http://www.criticschoice.com}}

| last = 1st

| next = 3rd

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The 2nd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 2, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/critics-choice-documentary-awards-full-winners-list-1053727|title=Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: Full Winners List|date=November 2, 2017 |work=Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=November 16, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/awards/critics-choice-documentary-awards-winners-list-1202606051/|title=‘Jane’ Takes Top Prize at Second Annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards|last=Nyren|first=Eric|date=November 2, 2017 |work=Variety |accessdate=November 16, 2020}} The nominees were announced on October 11, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/critics-choice-documentary-awards-kedi-leads-nominations-1047766|title=Critics' Choice Documentary Awards: 'Kedi' Leads Nominations|last=Chuba|first=Kirsten|date=October 11, 2017 |work=Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=November 16, 2020}}

Winners and nominees

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valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Documentary Feature}}

| valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Direction for a Documentary Feature}}

valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best First Documentary Feature}}
  • Kedi
  • California Typewriter
  • Nowhere to Hide
  • Step
  • Strong Island
  • Whose Streets?

    • | valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Political Documentary}}

    valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Music Series}}
  • Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
  • Contemporary Color
  • Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis
  • I Called Him Morgan
  • Long Strange Trip
  • Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

    • | valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Sports Documentary}}

    valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Ongoing Documentary Series (TV/Streaming)}}
  • American Masters
  • 30 for 30
  • Frontline
  • Independent Lens
  • POV
  • VICE

    • | valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Limited Documentary Series}}

    valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary Honorees}}
  • The Cats of Istambul – Kedi
  • Etty Ausch – One of Us
  • Al Gore – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
  • Dolores Huerta – Dolores
  • Gigi Lazzarato – This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
  • The Sung Family – Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

    • | valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Most Innovative Documentary}}

    valign="top" width="50%"|{{Award category|#A07EC9|Best Song in a Documentary}}
  • “Jump” – Step – By Cynthia Erivo
  • “Truth to Power” – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power – By OneRepublic
  • “Tell Me How Long” – Chasing Coral – By Kristen Bell
  • “Prayers for This World” – Cries from Syria – By Cher
  • “Best I Can” – Dina – By Michael Cera featuring Sharon Van Etten
  • “Served Like a Girl” – Dancing Through the Wreckage – By Pat Benatar

    • Films by multiple nominations and wins

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    The following films received multiple nominations:

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    scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Nominations

    ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film

    rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 5

    | Kedi

    rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 3

    | Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

    California Typewriter
    Chasing Coral
    City of Ghosts
    Cries from Syria
    Dawson City: Frozen Time
    An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
    rowspan=9 style="text-align:center" | 2

    | Dolores

    Step
    Beware the Slenderman
    Faces Places
    Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis
    Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
    One of Us
    Strong Island
    Long Strange Trip

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    The following films received multiple awards:

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    scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Wins

    ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Film

    rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2

    | Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

    Kedi

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    See also

    References

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    Category:2017 film awards

    Category:Critics' Choice Documentary Awards