Wednesday, May 27, 2026

'Love + War' at the News & Doc Emmy Awards for Wayback Wednesday


I closed '2000 Meters to Andriivka' leads Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary and Best Documentary at the News & Doc Emmy Awards by telling my readers to "stay tuned for the nominees for Best Documentary whose trailers I haven't yet embedded..." Those are Love + War with four nominations and Black Snow and Union tied at one nomination. I'm embedding their trailers in this order beginning with Love+War | Official Trailer | National Geographic Documentary Films.

Love+War chronicles Pulitzer Prize-winning Lynsey Addario’s ascent in the male-dominated world of conflict photography. But her work is dangerous. She’s been kidnapped twice while on assignment in war zones — a cost she must wrestle with each time she leaves her husband and two sons to go on assignment. Behind the camera, Addario is torn between her unwavering commitment to the essential work of journalism and the powerful, competing demands of motherhood, grappling with what it truly means to follow your calling when it threatens everything you love.
I thought Life After would be the big threat to 2000 Meters to Andriivka; it could just as easily be Love + War because it's about journalism and many if not most of the voters are journalists. Electorates matter.

Next, Black Snow | Official Trailer | ALT EFF 2025.

When the residents of a remote Siberian city discover an old Soviet mine has caught fire beneath their neighborhood, they turn to Natalia Zubkova, a local homemaker-turned-journalist, for help. But after her news videos go viral, she suddenly finds herself the target of a massive government disinformation campaign.
This isn't going to win, but I can see why it earned its nomination. Also, I've found another documentary I can recommend to my students. Welcome to blogging as professional development.

The last trailer for a nominee for Best Documentary is UNION | Official Trailer | POV on PBS.

When a group of Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island band together to take on one of the world’s most powerful corporations, they launch a movement no one saw coming. UNION follows their extraordinary journey to form the first Amazon union in U.S. history.

Led by the charismatic and underestimated Chris Smalls, this vérité documentary captures a pivotal moment in the American labor movement—one fueled by resilience, grassroots organizing, and the belief that working people deserve better.
That was gripping, and it was only the trailer!

I'm not done embedding trailers, because the next category is all about them. Time to recycle from Vietnam War and Hurricane Katrina subjects of leading nominees for Outstanding Historical Documentary at the News & Doc Emmy Awards.

Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Documentary
Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember
National Geographic [Mattock]
LOVE+WAR Trailer
Love + War
National Geographic [Mark Woollen & Associates]
NATURE Season 44 Trailer
Nature
PBS [The WNET Group]
Race Against Time Trailer
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time National Geographic [Buddha Jones]
Trailer
In Waves and War
Actual Films | NETFLIX [Netflix | Participant | Chicago Media Project]
I need to watch Love + War before the 28th to call this category, too.
I just watched Love + War's trailer and already watched the trailer for Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. Now for the rest in order of their nominations. Nature as a whole has three nominations, In Waves and War has two, and Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember has just this one, so I kick off this section with Coming This October To NATURE...

Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE on PBS, starting October 2025.
A trailer that begins with Sir David Attenborough and ends with Dame Jane Goodall is one worthy of this nomination. It helps that the overarching theme is family.

Next, In Waves & Wars Trailer from Integrating With Love.

In Waves & War is a powerful documentary following former Navy SEALs as they confront the invisible wounds of trauma and PTSD… and share how treatment with ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT changed the trajectory of their lives.

These men open up about war, loss, addiction, suicidality, and the unbearable weight they carried home after deployment. We also witness their journeys into carefully held psychedelic medicine work, and the integration that follows… the hard conversations, the tears, the reconnection to family, and the possibility of living again with some measure of peace.

I’m sharing this film because I believe these stories need to be heard. So many people are suffering in silence. Whatever you believe about psychedelic medicines, it’s hard to ignore the depth of transformation described here by veterans who had run out of options.

If you or someone you love is living with PTSD, depression, or the aftermath of trauma… I hope this documentary offers at least a little more understanding, compassion, and possibility.
In Waves & Wars' other nomination is for Outstanding Graphic Design: Documentary and it shows! In fact, it's now my favorite to win that category and this one, too.

Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip To Remember | Official Trailer | National Geographic is the final trailer I'm embedding today.

In this intimate and uplifting documentary, Chris Hemsworth turns the spotlight away from himself and toward his father, Craig, who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Determined to help, Chris designs a therapeutic “road trip back in time,” revisiting key places from their past to explore the powerful science of social connection — a crucial but overlooked tool in protecting brain health. Along the way, Chris uncovers surprising research showing that connection isn’t just good for the soul; it can also reduce the risk of dementia, slow cognitive decline, and even prolong life. This emotional journey across Australia becomes a chance for Chris and Craig to deepen their bond, relive memories, and discover how love, community and nostalgia can be potent medicine.
I'm getting the same feeling about this that I have for The American Revolution; this looks like a documentary that would work better at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards and might just be eligible there, too. Let's see if it earns any nominations in July.

Love + War's other nominations are for Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Outstanding Sound: Documentary. It deserves both, but I suspect it's likely to lose to 2000 Meters to Andriivka for the former and Lost in the Jungle for the latter. Darn.

Dame Jane's obituary post was one of the top social media shares of the 15th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News. Follow over the jump for both of the sites where it became popular.


R.I.P. Jane Goodall, 1934-2025 earned 47 views, 32 reach, 7 interactions (most for the month and second most for the year), including 5 likes and reactions, 1 comment (tied for most for year), and 1 share, plus 2 link clicks on Facebook. In October 2025, it earned 46 views, 32 reach, 7 interactions (most), including 5 likes and reactions (most for month), 1 comment (tied for most for month), and 1 share (tied for most for month), plus 2 link clicks. It also earned ~1,100 views (most for month of October 2025 and second most for year), 89 likes (second most for year and most for month), 2 reposts (second most for year and most for month), and 2 shares (most for month and year) on Threads.

That's a wrap for today. Stay tuned for the final entry about documentary nominees at the News & Doc Emmy Awards tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy Wednesday Addams, the mascot for Wayback Wednesday.

Previous posts in this series Previous posts about the 57th News & Doc Emmy Awards
Posted by at
Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)