
After starting my Creative Arts Emmy Awards coverage with commercials, I normally move on to documentary nominees. That's what I'm doing today with the nominees for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, I Am: Celine Dion, Patrice: The Movie, and The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. Since these documentaries have no other nominations, I turn to Gold Derby to handicap their odds. They have The Remarkable Life of Ibelin in first, with all editors picking it to win the Emmy, half of the experts, and 68% of the users. I Am: Celine Dion is in second with the other half of experts and 30% of the users, while only 2% of the users are choosing Patrice: The Movie, which was also nominated for Outstanding Promotional Announcement Documentary at the News & Doc Emmy Awards. I'm sharing their trailers in that order, beginning with The Remarkable Life of Ibelin | Official Trailer | Netflix.
The secret life of a young World of Warcraft gamer is vividly reimagined when his online friends contact his family after his death.My wife and I are gamers, as any reader who has paid attention to my posts about Star Wars: The Old Republic, which we've been playing since December 2011, can tell. I can say first-hand that everything shown in the trailer about the social aspects of gaming is totally true. For that reason alone, I am rooting for The Remarkable Life of Ibelin to win. That Gold Derby thinks it will win is just icing on the cake.
That written, I expect more people are rooting for I Am: Celine Dion to walk off the stage with the statuette. Watch I Am: Celine Dion - Official Trailer | Prime Video to see why.
Directed by Academy Award nominee Irene Taylor, I AM: CELINE DION gives us a raw and honest behind-the-scenes look at the iconic superstar’s struggle with a life-altering illness. Serving as a love letter to her fans, this inspirational documentary highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit.This is the most watched trailer of all the nominees with 6,244,930 views. The trailer for Patrice: The Movie currently has 3,154,405 views, while the trailer for The Remarkable Life of Ibelin has 731,294 views. Celine Dion has a lot of fans, and they're rooting for the documentary about her to win. One of the fan accounts on X is promoting the nomination with this screenshot from the official nominations list.

I think this is part of what half of Gold Derby's experts and 30% of the users are basing their choices on. I also expect the experts think like I do about the entertainment professionals who vote for the Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy Awards; they will vote for a good nominee about themselves if all else is equal. Celine Dion isn't really one of them, but she's close enough. I'm not sure all else is equal. For starters, I Am: Celine Dion has the lowest rating at IMDB of all the nominees, 7.7, while The Remarkable Life of Ibelin has an 8.2 rating right below Patrice: The Movie's 8.3, the highest rated of all the nominees. In addition, IMDB lists 14 wins and 31 nominations for The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, including five Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations to two Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations for I Am: Celine Dion, part of only seven nominations and no wins. That's what half the experts and all the editors are responding to; The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is the critical choice and thus the professional choice.
I'm recycling what I wrote for my coverage of Outstanding Promotional Announcement Documentary at the News & Doc Emmy Awards.
I close the trailers for this category with Official Trailer | ‘Patrice: The Movie’ | Hulu.
I was wondering why Patrice: The Movie only got one nomination for its trailer at the News & Doc Emmy Awards; it was eligible for this award here. Too bad it won't win it. That's O.K. Like Blackfish, the movie prompting successful activism would be more important than any awards.‘Patrice: The Movie’ – a documentary rom-com about the next phase of marriage equality – disability. Streaming Sept 30th only on Hulu.This is right up there with Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story for being moving, and it's about an issue that affects my family, so I care a bit more. Is it enough to beat Blink? I don't know, but this trailer has 3,153,880 views! People are watching and they care! Speaking of which, if the U.S. is "pro-family," should we support disabled Americans in marriage through maintaining their benefits the way we support able-bodied married Americans through the tax code? I say yes.
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