Shirkers

{{short description|2018 documentary film by Sandi Tan}}{{For|the economics concept|shirking}}{{Infobox film

| name = Shirkers

| image = Shirkers poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = Sandi Tan

| producer = Sandi Tan
Jessica Levin
Maya Rudolph

| writer = Sandi Tan

| starring =

| music = Ishai Adar

| cinematography = Iris Ng

| editing = Lucas Celler
Sandi Tan
Kimberley Hassett

| distributor = Netflix

| released = {{film date|2018|1||Sundance}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = Singapore
United States
United Kingdom

| language =

}}

Shirkers is a 2018 British-American documentary film by Singapore-born filmmaker Sandi Tan about the making of an independent thriller featuring a teenage assassin set in Singapore.{{Cite web |title=Shirkers |url=https://www.sundance.org/projects/shirkers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212235049/https://www.sundance.org/projects/shirkers |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=sundance.org}} It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in January and won the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award, making her the second Singapore-born filmmaker after Kirsten Tan (Pop Aye, 2017) to win an award at the festival.{{cite web|first1=John|last1=Lui|title=Sandi Tan's award-winning documentary Shirkers to stream on Netflix|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/sandi-tans-award-winning-documentary-shirkers-to-stream-on-netflix|website=The Straits Times|accessdate=2 March 2018|date=1 March 2018}}{{cite web|last1=Linden|first1=Sheri|title='Shirkers': Film Review (Sundance 2018)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/shirkers-1072114|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=2 March 2018|date=23 January 2018}}{{cite web|first=Fionnuala|last=Halligan|title='Shirkers': Sundance Review|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/shirkers-sundance-review/5125669.article|website=Screen International|accessdate=2 March 2018|date=22 January 2018}} It was also nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary.{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/10/2018-gotham-awards-nominations-1202012918/|title=2018 Gotham Awards Nominations: 'The Favourite' and 'First Reformed' Lead the Pack|last=Sharf|first=Zack|date=2018-10-18|work=IndieWire|access-date=2018-10-19|language=en-US}}

Shirkers was released on October 26, 2018, on Netflix.{{Cite web |last=Kain |first=Erik |date=October 4, 2018 |title=Here Are All The TV Shows And Movies Coming To Netflix In October (2018) And What To Watch |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2018/10/04/heres-everything-coming-to-netflix-in-october-2018-and-what-to-watch/ |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

Synopsis

In the summer of 1992, 19-year-old Sandi Tan, alongside friends Jasmine Ng and Sophia Siddique, as well as film teacher and mentor Georges Cardona, shot the independent film Shirkers, which would have made it Singapore's first road movie. The footage showed lots of promise and big things were expected of the finished result.Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper 26/10/2018; TV Guide section; Page 9 After wrapping, Tan, Ng, and Siddique left the footage with Cardona as the trio went to study abroad for college. However, Cardona disappeared with the footage and the trio never saw him again; Tan did receive two brief, inconsequential taped messages via snail mail.{{cite news |last1=Keeley |first1=Pete |title=How a "Shape-Shifter" Director Hijacked a Teen Film for More Than 20 Years |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-a-shape-shifter-director-hijacked-a-teen-film-more-20-years-1157570 |access-date=4 May 2021 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=13 November 2018}}

On September 11, 2011, four years after Cardona's death in 2007, Cardona's ex-wife emailed Tan (who by now was a novelist living in Los Angeles),Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper 26/10/2018; TV Guide section; Page 9 informing her that she was in possession of the footage for Shirkers, minus the audio tracks. In the proceeding years, Tan decided to digitize the footage and use it to make something new: a documentary about the process of creating, and then losing, the original 1992 film.{{cite news |title=Shirkers: a movie mystery 25 years in the making |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/20/shirkers-movie-mystery-25-years-in-making-sandi-tan-film-stolen |access-date=4 May 2021 |work=the Guardian |date=20 October 2018 |language=en}}

Interviews were conducted in 2015 with Tan's friends, people involved with the making of Shirkers, and people who knew Cardona. The interviewees were Sophia Siddique Harvey, Jasmine Ng, Sharon Siddique, Philip Cheah, Ben Harrison, Foo Fung Liang, Pohshon Choy, Tay Yek Keak, Grace Dane Mazur, Stephen Tyler, and Georges Cardona's ex-wife.

Georges Cardona

Around 1976 in New Orleans, Georges Cardona,{{cite book |last1=Cardona |first1=Georges |title=About Burma/Myanmar |date=1995 |publisher=A & B Co |location=Singapore |isbn=9810074174 |oclc=41357880}} a John F. Kennedy High School attendee, photography mentor to David Duke, and Vietnam War veteran,{{cite web |title=MISSING: Georges Cardona |url=http://georges.cardona.free.fr/index.html |website=georges.cardona.free.fr |access-date=4 May 2021 |date=2001-08-10 |quote=vétéran de la guerre du Vietnam}} opened Lighthouse Media Center (a franchisee of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Super-8 Sound, a retrofitter of Beaulieu Super 8 film cameras).{{cite journal |title=special issue: Professional Super-8 |journal=American Cinematographer |date=November 1975 |volume=56 |issue=11 |url=https://www.dtvgroup.com/Super8Sound/American_Cinematographer.pdf |access-date=4 May 2021 |publisher=ASC Holding Corp |location=Hollywood, California}}{{cite web |last1=Luers |first1=Erik |title='Shirkers': How a Filmmaker Reclaimed her Lost Work and Turned It into a Sundance-Winning Doc |url=https://nofilmschool.com/2018/02/shirkers-documentary-sani-tan |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811063146/https://nofilmschool.com/2018/02/shirkers-documentary-sani-tan |archive-date=11 August 2020 |date=February 2, 2018}} Cardona was the cinematographer for some of David Duke's electoral campaign commercials and, in New Orleans in 1988, for Stephen Tyler's The Last Slumber Party.{{cite web |last1=Arceneaux |first1=Bill |title=From Shirkers, Then Back to NOLA: An Interview with Stephen Tyler |url=https://www.bigeasymagazine.com/2019/01/01/from-shirkers-then-back-to-nola-an-interview-with-stephen-tyler/ |website=Big Easy Magazine |access-date=4 May 2021 |date=1 January 2019}}

Reception

=Critical reception=

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's consensus reads: "Shirkers uses one woman's interrogation of a pivotal personal disappointment to offer affecting observations on creativity, lost opportunity, and coming to terms with the past."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shirkers|title=Shirkers (2018)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 88 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim"; it is labeled as a "Metacritic must-see".{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/shirkers |title=Shirkers Reviews |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=July 1, 2019}}

Citing the film as one of his favorites at Sundance, Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com wrote a rave review for Shirkers, saying that "Tan presents her multifaceted life story—vibrant, unbelievable, and full of such incredible women—as a dazzling tapestry that’s unlike many narrative or documentary films."{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Nick |date=February 5, 2018 |title=Sundance 2018: Shirkers, Generation Wealth, Colette |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/sundance/sundance-2018-shirkers-generation-wealth-colette |website=RogerEbert.com}}

=Accolades=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! scope="col" \| Award ! scope="col" \| Date of ceremony ! scope="col" \| Category ! scope="col" \| Recipient(s) ! scope="col" \| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \|{{Refh}}
scope="row"\|Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards \| January 10, 2019 \| Best Documentary \| Sandi Tan \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web \|title=2018 EDA Award Nominees \|url=https://awfj.org/eda-awards-2/2018-eda-award-nominees/?doing_wp_cron=1650980384.3213870525360107421875 \|website=Alliance of Women Film Journalists \|access-date=April 26, 2022}}
scope="row" \|Austin Film Critics Association Awards \| January 18, 2019 \| Best Documentary \| Shirkers \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite news \|last1=Whittaker \|first1=Richard \|title=Austin Film Critics Release 2018 Awards Nominee Lists \|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2018-12-28/austin-film-critics-release-2018-awards-nominee-lists/ \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|work=The Austin Chronicle \|date=December 28, 2018}}
scope="row" rowspan="6"\|Cinema Eye Honors \| rowspan="6"\|January 10, 2019 \| Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film \| Sandi Tan \| {{nom}} \| align="center" rowspan="6"\|{{cite news \|last1=Kilday \|first1=Gregg \|title=Hale County This Morning, This Evening Earns Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/cinema-eye-honors-2019-complete-winners-list-1175208 \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|date=January 11, 2019}}
Outstanding Achievement in Direction \| Sandi Tan \| {{nom}}
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score \| Ishai Adar \| {{won}}
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation \| Sandi Tan and Lucas Celler \| {{won}}
Audience Choice Prize \| Sandi Tan \| {{nom}}
The Unforgettables \| Georges Cardona, Sophia Siddique Harvey, Jasmine Kin Kia Ng, and Sandi Tan \| {{won}}
scope="row" \|Dorian Awards \| January 12, 2019 \| Documentary of the Year \| Shirkers \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite news \|last1=Kilkenny \|first1=Katie \|title=The Favourite, Pose, Killing Eve Lead Dorian Award Nominations \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-gay-lesbian-entertainment-critics-dorian-award-nominees-1172267/film-of-the-year-7/ \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|date=January 3, 2019}}
scope="row"\|Florida Film Critics Circle Awards \| December 21, 2018 \| Best Documentary Film \| Shirkers \| {{won}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web \|title=2018 FFCC Award Winners \|url=http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2018/12/21/2018-ffcc-winners/ \|publisher=Florida Film Critics Circle \|date=December 21, 2018 \|access-date=April 26, 2022}}
scope="row"\| Golden Reel Awards \| February 17, 2019 \| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary \| Lawrence Everson and Cindy Takehara Ferruccio \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web \|title=Motion Picture Sound Editors Announces 66th Annual Golden Reel Award Nominees \|url=https://www.shootonline.com/spw/motion-picture-sound-editors-announces-66th-annual-golden-reel-award-nominees \|website=SHOOTonline \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|date=January 18, 2019}}
scope="row" rowspan=2\|Gotham Independent Film Awards \| rowspan=2\|November 26, 2018 \| Best Documentary \| Shirkers \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite news \|last1=Lewis \|first1=Hilary \|last2=Crist \|first2=Allison \|title=The Rider Tops Gotham Awards; Full Winners List \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/gotham-awards-winners-2018-list-full-1153638 \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|date=November 26, 2018}}
Audience Award \| Shirkers \| {{nom}}
scope="row"\|Independent Spirit Awards \| February 23, 2019 \| Best Documentary Feature \| Sandi Tan, Jessica Levin, and Maya E. Rudolph \| {{nom}} \| align="center"\|{{cite web \|title=34th Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Announced \|url=https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/34th-film-independent-spirit-awards-nominations-announced/ \|website=Film Independent \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|date=November 16, 2018}}
scope="row" \|International Cinephile Society Awards \| February 3, 2019 \| Best Documentary \| Shirkers \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web \|last1=Stevens \|first1=Beth \|title=Zama Awaits its Fate, While Burning Catches Fire at ICS Awards \|url=https://icsfilm.org/our-yearly-awards/2019-ics-award-nominees/ \|publisher=International Cinephile Society \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|date=January 20, 2019}}
scope="row" \|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards \| December 9, 2018 \| Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film \| Shirkers \| {{won}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web \|last1=Pond \|first1=Steve \|title=Roma Is the Year's Best Film, Say Los Angeles Film Critics \|url=https://www.thewrap.com/roma-wins-la-film-critics-2018-awards/ \|website=TheWrap \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|date=December 9, 2018}}
scope="row"\|National Society of Film Critics Awards \| January 5, 2019 \| Best Non-Fiction Film \| Shirkers \| {{draw\|Runner-up}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web \|last1=Ramos \|first1=Dino-Ray \|title=National Society Of Film Critics Names Chloe Zhao's The Rider As Best Picture \|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/national-society-of-film-critics-the-rider-chloe-zao-1202529467/ \|website=Deadline \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|date=January 5, 2019}}
scope="row"\|Online Film Critics Society Awards \| January 2, 2019 \| Best Documentary Film \| Shirkers \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web \|last1=Neglia \|first1=Matt \|title=The 2018 Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) Nominations \|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2018-online-film-critics-society-ofcs-nominations/ \|website=NextBestPicture \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|date=December 26, 2018}}
scope="row"\|Peabody Awards \| May 18, 2019 \| Documentary \| Shirkers \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web \|last1=Petski \|first1=Denise \|title=Peabody Award Nominations For TV & Digital Media Unveiled; Ronan Farrow To Host Trophy Show \|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/peabody-awards-2018-nominations-killing-eve-pose-1202591844/ \|website=Deadline \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|date=April 9, 2019}}
scope="row"\|Philadelphia Film Festival Awards \| October 28, 2018 \| Best Documentary Feature \| Shirkers \| {{won}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite news \|last1=Tustin \|first1=Kevin \|title=Philadelphia Film Fest, Day 10: The Home Stretch \|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/2018/10/28/philadelphia-film-fest-day-10-the-home-stretch/ \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|work=Delaware County Daily Times \|date=October 28, 2018}}{{cite news \|title=27th Philadelphia Film Festival \|url=https://filmadelphia.org/pff27/ \|website=Philadelphia Film Society \|access-date=April 26, 2022}}
scope="row"\|San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards \| December 9, 2018 \| Best Documentary \| Shirkers \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web \|title=SFBAFCC 2018 Awards \|url=https://sfbafcc.com/awards/2018-awards/ \|website=San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle \|access-date=April 26, 2022}}
scope="row"\|Seattle Film Critics Society Awards \| December 17, 2018 \| Best Documentary Feature \| Sandi Tan \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web \|title=The Favourite Leads the 2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations \|url=https://seattlefilmcritics.com/2018/12/10/the-favourite-leads-the-2018-seattle-film-critics-society-nominations/ \|website=Seattle Film Critics Society \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|date=December 10, 2018}}
scope="row" \|Sundance Film Festival \| January 27, 2019 \| World Cinema Documentary Directing Award \| Sandi Tan \| {{won}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web \|title=2018 Sundance Film Festival Awards Announced \|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2018-film-festival-awards/ \|publisher=Sundance Institute \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|date=January 27, 2019}}
scope="row"\|Women Film Critics Circle Awards \| December 11, 2018 \| Best Documentary by or About Women \| Shirkers \| {{draw\|Runner-up}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web \|last1=Neglia \|first1=Matt \|title=The 2018 Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) Winners \|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2018-women-film-critics-circle-wfcc-winners/ \|website=NextBestPicture \|access-date=April 26, 2022 \|date=December 11, 2018}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Date of ceremony

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Recipient(s)

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Refh}}

scope="row"|Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards

| January 10, 2019

| Best Documentary

| Sandi Tan

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |title=2018 EDA Award Nominees |url=https://awfj.org/eda-awards-2/2018-eda-award-nominees/?doing_wp_cron=1650980384.3213870525360107421875 |website=Alliance of Women Film Journalists |access-date=April 26, 2022}}

scope="row" |Austin Film Critics Association Awards

| January 18, 2019

| Best Documentary

| Shirkers

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite news |last1=Whittaker |first1=Richard |title=Austin Film Critics Release 2018 Awards Nominee Lists |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2018-12-28/austin-film-critics-release-2018-awards-nominee-lists/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=The Austin Chronicle |date=December 28, 2018}}

scope="row" rowspan="6"|Cinema Eye Honors

| rowspan="6"|January 10, 2019

| Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

| Sandi Tan

| {{nom}}

| align="center" rowspan="6"|{{cite news |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |title=Hale County This Morning, This Evening Earns Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/cinema-eye-honors-2019-complete-winners-list-1175208 |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 11, 2019}}

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

| Sandi Tan

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score

| Ishai Adar

| {{won}}

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation

| Sandi Tan and Lucas Celler

| {{won}}

Audience Choice Prize

| Sandi Tan

| {{nom}}

The Unforgettables

| Georges Cardona, Sophia Siddique Harvey, Jasmine Kin Kia Ng, and Sandi Tan

| {{won}}

scope="row" |Dorian Awards

| January 12, 2019

| Documentary of the Year

| Shirkers

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite news |last1=Kilkenny |first1=Katie |title=The Favourite, Pose, Killing Eve Lead Dorian Award Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-gay-lesbian-entertainment-critics-dorian-award-nominees-1172267/film-of-the-year-7/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 3, 2019}}

scope="row"|Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

| December 21, 2018

| Best Documentary Film

| Shirkers

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |title=2018 FFCC Award Winners |url=http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2018/12/21/2018-ffcc-winners/ |publisher=Florida Film Critics Circle |date=December 21, 2018 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}

scope="row"| Golden Reel Awards

| February 17, 2019

| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary

| Lawrence Everson and Cindy Takehara Ferruccio

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |title=Motion Picture Sound Editors Announces 66th Annual Golden Reel Award Nominees |url=https://www.shootonline.com/spw/motion-picture-sound-editors-announces-66th-annual-golden-reel-award-nominees |website=SHOOTonline |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=January 18, 2019}}

scope="row" rowspan=2|Gotham Independent Film Awards

| rowspan=2|November 26, 2018

| Best Documentary

| Shirkers

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |last2=Crist |first2=Allison |title=The Rider Tops Gotham Awards; Full Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/gotham-awards-winners-2018-list-full-1153638 |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 26, 2018}}

Audience Award

| Shirkers

| {{nom}}

scope="row"|Independent Spirit Awards

| February 23, 2019

| Best Documentary Feature

| Sandi Tan, Jessica Levin, and Maya E. Rudolph

| {{nom}}

| align="center"|{{cite web |title=34th Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Announced |url=https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/34th-film-independent-spirit-awards-nominations-announced/ |website=Film Independent |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=November 16, 2018}}

scope="row" |International Cinephile Society Awards

| February 3, 2019

| Best Documentary

| Shirkers

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |last1=Stevens |first1=Beth |title=Zama Awaits its Fate, While Burning Catches Fire at ICS Awards |url=https://icsfilm.org/our-yearly-awards/2019-ics-award-nominees/ |publisher=International Cinephile Society |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=January 20, 2019}}

scope="row" |Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

| December 9, 2018

| Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film

| Shirkers

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |last1=Pond |first1=Steve |title=Roma Is the Year's Best Film, Say Los Angeles Film Critics |url=https://www.thewrap.com/roma-wins-la-film-critics-2018-awards/ |website=TheWrap |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=December 9, 2018}}

scope="row"|National Society of Film Critics Awards

| January 5, 2019

| Best Non-Fiction Film

| Shirkers

| {{draw|Runner-up}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |last1=Ramos |first1=Dino-Ray |title=National Society Of Film Critics Names Chloe Zhao's The Rider As Best Picture |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/national-society-of-film-critics-the-rider-chloe-zao-1202529467/ |website=Deadline |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=January 5, 2019}}

scope="row"|Online Film Critics Society Awards

| January 2, 2019

| Best Documentary Film

| Shirkers

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |last1=Neglia |first1=Matt |title=The 2018 Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) Nominations |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2018-online-film-critics-society-ofcs-nominations/ |website=NextBestPicture |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=December 26, 2018}}

scope="row"|Peabody Awards

| May 18, 2019

| Documentary

| Shirkers

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title=Peabody Award Nominations For TV & Digital Media Unveiled; Ronan Farrow To Host Trophy Show |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/peabody-awards-2018-nominations-killing-eve-pose-1202591844/ |website=Deadline |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=April 9, 2019}}

scope="row"|Philadelphia Film Festival Awards

| October 28, 2018

| Best Documentary Feature

| Shirkers

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite news |last1=Tustin |first1=Kevin |title=Philadelphia Film Fest, Day 10: The Home Stretch |url=https://www.delcotimes.com/2018/10/28/philadelphia-film-fest-day-10-the-home-stretch/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=Delaware County Daily Times |date=October 28, 2018}}{{cite news |title=27th Philadelphia Film Festival |url=https://filmadelphia.org/pff27/ |website=Philadelphia Film Society |access-date=April 26, 2022}}

scope="row"|San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards

| December 9, 2018

| Best Documentary

| Shirkers

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |title=SFBAFCC 2018 Awards |url=https://sfbafcc.com/awards/2018-awards/ |website=San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle |access-date=April 26, 2022}}

scope="row"|Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

| December 17, 2018

| Best Documentary Feature

| Sandi Tan

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |title=The Favourite Leads the 2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations |url=https://seattlefilmcritics.com/2018/12/10/the-favourite-leads-the-2018-seattle-film-critics-society-nominations/ |website=Seattle Film Critics Society |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=December 10, 2018}}

scope="row" |Sundance Film Festival

| January 27, 2019

| World Cinema Documentary Directing Award

| Sandi Tan

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |title=2018 Sundance Film Festival Awards Announced |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2018-film-festival-awards/ |publisher=Sundance Institute |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=January 27, 2019}}

scope="row"|Women Film Critics Circle Awards

| December 11, 2018

| Best Documentary by or About Women

| Shirkers

| {{draw|Runner-up}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web |last1=Neglia |first1=Matt |title=The 2018 Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) Winners |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2018-women-film-critics-circle-wfcc-winners/ |website=NextBestPicture |access-date=April 26, 2022 |date=December 11, 2018}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|7472352|Shirkers}}
[https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/shirkers-movie-review-745367/ Rolling Stone review of the film]
[https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2018/1207/Shirkers-is-a-one-of-a-kind-reclamation-project Christian Science Monitor review of the documentary film]

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