‘The 1619 Project,’ ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ Lead Charge As Cinema Eye Honors Announces First Round Of Documentary Nominations [Full List]

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The Hulu series The 1619 Project and the Showtime feature Nothing Lasts Forever scored a leading three nominations apiece today as the Cinema Eye Honors announced its first round of contenders for the prestigious documentary-focused awards.

The 1619 Project, based on Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Pulitzer Prize-winning examination of slavery in North America and its impact up until the present day, earned nominations for Best Anthology Series, broadcast editing and broadcast cinematography. Oprah Winfrey, Oscar winner Roger Ross Williams and Hannah-Jones are among the producers of the six-part series.

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Nothing Lasts Forever, director Jason Kohn’s glittering examination of the world of diamonds – the real kind and the emergence of undetectable “synthetic” diamonds – earned nominations for Best Broadcast Film, broadcast editing and broadcast cinematography. Scroll for the full list of nominations announced today.

Other films and series that scored multiple nominations include Hulu’s Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields; National Geographic’s Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin; Netflix’s Our Planet II; FX’s Dear Mama, and Peacock’s Paul T. Goldman.

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The Cinema Eye Honors, now in its 17th year, “recognizes outstanding artistic achievement in nonfiction and documentary films and series,” including directing, producing, cinematography, editing, composing, sound design, visual design “and recognizing the contributions of participants in front of the camera.”

Nominees in additional categories will be revealed on November 9. The 17th Cinema Eye Honors Awards will be presented January 12 at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem.

In addition to broadcast categories, Cinema Eye today announced its Audience Choice Award Long List of 20 films; fans can vote beginning today to determine the winner of that award (past nominees have included RBG, Summer of Soul, Free Solo, and Navalny).

Cinema Eye also announced the 10 films to make this year’s Shorts List, the organization’s annual list of semi-finalists for its Nonfiction Short Film Honor (a maximum of six of those semi-finalists will claim nominations next month). And the awards show also announced its annual list of The Unforgettables — “a category unique to Cinema Eye that celebrates the collaboration between filmmakers and the participants in front of the camera.”

Broadcast Film Nominees:

Being Mary Tyler Moore, directed by James Adolphus, HBO | Max

Judy Blume Forever, directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, Prime Video

Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, directed by Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir, Peacock

Nothing Lasts Forever, directed by Jason Kohn, Showtime

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, directed by Lana Wilson, Hulu

The Stroll, directed by Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker, HBO | Max

Nonfiction Series Nominees:

Couples Therapy — Season Three, directed by Joshua Altman and Bennett Elliott, Showtime

Dear Mama, directed by Allen Hughes, FX

Paul T. Goldman, directed by Jason Woliner, Peacock

Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?, directed by Andrew Renzi, Netflix

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence, directed by Zach Heinzerling, Hulu

Anthology Series Nominees:

The 1619 Project Executive Producers: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Roger Ross Williams, Shoshana Guy, Caitlin Roper, Kathleen Lingo, Helen Verno and Oprah Winfrey, Hulu

Chef’s Table: Pizza Executive Producers: Andrew Fried, David Gelb and Brian McGinn, Netflix

Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin Executive Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman and Anna Barnes, National Geographic

Leguizamo Does America Executive Producers: Carolina Saavedra, John Leguizamo, Ben DeJesus, Elizabeth Fischer, Andy Berg, Rashida Jones and Amanda Spain, MSNBC

Our Planet IImExecutive Producers: Alastair Fothergirll and Keith Scholey, Netflix

Untold Executive Producers: Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Isabel San Vargas, Ryan Duffy, Miguel Tamayo, Jaymee Messler and Chrissy Teigen, Netflix

Broadcast Editing Nominees:

The 1619 Project Editors: Ephraim Kirkwood, Adriana Pacheco, Stefanie Maridueña and Ed Barteski, Hulu

Dear Mama Editor: Lasse Järvi, FX

Paul T. Goldman Editors: Mike Giambra, Hank Friedmann, Jody McVeigh-Schultz and Danny Scharar, Peacock

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields Editors: Sara Newens, Anne Yao and David Teague, Hulu

Nothing Lasts Forever Editors: Paul Marchand and Jack Price, Showtime

Broadcast Cinematography Nominees:

The 1619 Project Cinematographer: Jerry Henry, Hulu

The Cave of Adullam Cinematographers: Greg Harriot and Mike Doyle, ESPN

Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin Cinematographers: Ross McDonnell, Alfredo de Juan, Cam Riley, Nick Kraus, Bryan Smith, David Pearson and Pablo Durana, National Geographic

Nothing Lasts Forever Cinematographer: Heloisa Passos, Showtime

Our Planet II Nominees to be determined, Netflix

Restaurants at the End of the World Cinematographer: Petr Cikhart, National Geographic

Shorts List Semifinalists:

Away, directed by Ruslan Fedotow

Between Earth and Sky, directed by Andrew Nadkami

Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games, directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson

Deciding Vote, directed by Jeremy Workman and Rob Lyons

Into the Blue, directed by Omer Sami

The Last Repair Shop, directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers, directed by Meredith Moore

Neighbour Abdi, directed by Douwe Dijkstra

Oasis, directed by Justine Martin

Will You Look at Me, directed by Shuli Huang

Audience Choice Award Long List:

20 Days in Mariupol, directed by Mstyslav Chernov

32 Sounds, directed by Sam Green

American Symphony, directed by Matthew Heineman

Beyond Utopia, directed by Madeleine Gavin

Bobi Wine: The People’s President, directed by Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo

A Compassionate Spy, directed by Steve James

Confessions of a Good Samaritan, directed by Penny Lane

The Deepest Breath, directed by Laura McGann

The Eternal Memory, directed by Maite Alberdi

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson

Little Richard: I Am Everything, directed by Lisa Cortés

Invisible Beauty, directed by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng

Joan Baez I Am a Noise, directed by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky and Maeve O’Boyle

Kokomo City, directed by D. Smith

The Mission, directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss

The Pigeon Tunnel, directed by Errol Morris

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, directed by Anna Hints

Stamped From the Beginning, directed by Roger Ross Williams

Stephen Curry: Underrated, directed by Peter Nicks

Still: Michael J. Fox Movie, directed by Davis Guggenheim

The Unforgettables Honorees:

—American Symphony, Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad

Apolonia, ApoloniaApolonia Sokol

Bobi Wine: The People’s PresidentBobi Wine

Confessions of a Good SamaritanPenny Lane

The Disappearance of Shere HiteShere Hite

The Eternal MemoryAugusto Góngora & Paulina Urrutia

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni ProjectNikki Giovanni

Invisible BeautyBethann Hardison

Joan Baez I Am a NoiseJoan Baez

Kokomo CityDaniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell and Dominique Silver

The Pigeon TunnelDavid Cornwell aka John le Carré

Still: Michael J. Fox MovieMichael J. Fox

A Still Small VoiceMargaret “Mati” Engel

Twice ColonizedAaju Peter

—While We Watched, Ravish Kumar

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