I closed yesterday's post by telling my readers, "Stay tuned to see if I resume my Critics Choice Documentary Awards coverage" today. I got a late start, so I'm covering a category with a clear leader that has only four total nominations, Best Music Documentary.
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARYThe clear leader is EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert with four total nominations. It's followed by Man on the Run with two, and the rest of the nominees with only this one nomination. Based on the number of nominations and Baz Luhrmann being an established director with two Oscar nominations, including one for Elvis, I'm picking his movie as the favorite to win this award.
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World) (HBO Max)
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)
Man on the Run (Amazon MGM Studios)
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man (Greenwich Entertainment)
Sara Bareilles: Good Grief (Group Effort Films / Naked Edge Films)
BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARYThe other nomination for Man on the Run and one of the three other nominations for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is for Best Archival Documentary. I doubt either will win this category. Instead, I believe it will be one of the three nominees also nominated for Best Documentary, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, Rehearsals for a Revolution, and Remake. I might reassess this category when I cover Best Historical Documentary, but until then, my provisional pick is Once Upon a Time in Harlem, which earned five nominations, while Rehearsals for a Revolution and Remake have four. For what it's worth, Gold Derby has Once Upon a Time in Harlem second in its odds to earn an Oscar nomination for Documentary Feature, Rehearsals for a Revolution seventh, and Remake eleventh, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert 18th, and Man on the Run 21st, which reinforces my intuition. Making Marie Antoinette isn't even rated. That written, Gold Derby is second-guessing a different electorate, and electorates matter.
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)
Making Marie Antoinette (Mubi)
Man on the Run (Amazon MGM Studios)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)
Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)
Remake (Music Box Films)
Follow over the jump for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert's two other nominations.
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is the only documentary nominated for Best Editing not also nominated for Best Documentary. In addition to Once Upon a Time in Harlem, ranked second by Gold Derby for the Oscars, the rest are You Can See Everything in third for documentary feature and tenth for Best Picture, 14th in sixth for documentary feature, The History of Concrete in eighth, and Everybody to Kenmure Street in twelfth. I would not be surprised if You Can See Everything beats Once Upon a Time in Harlem.
I conclude with a category I covered in 'Nuisance Bear' leads Best Science/Nature Documentary at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards.
I still think so.BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURENuisance Bear and Once Upon a Time in Harlem co-lead this category with five nominations each, followed by EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert and The History of Concrete tied at four, then American Doctor and The Python Hunt tied at two...
David Greaves – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)
Baz Luhrmann – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)
Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Mubi)
Xander Robin – The Python Hunt (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Poh Si Teng – American Doctor (Watermelon Pictures)
John Wilson – The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)
Two nominees also earned nominations for Best Documentary, Once Upon a Time in Harlem and The History of Concrete, so they're my picks to win Best First Documentary Feature. I think the former has the inside track, but I'll re-examine this category when I cover Best Historical Documentary and Best Archival Documentary.
That's a wrap for today's installment. I plan on resuming this series on Friday. In the meantime, stay tuned for a driving update.
Previous posts about the 11th Critics Choice Documentary Awards
- 'The Food That Built America,' '30 for 30,' and other nominees at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards for World Food Day and National Sports Day
- 'Nuisance Bear' leads Best Science/Nature Documentary at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards
- Nominees for Best True Crime Documentary at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards
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