Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
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Father Soldier Son
Netflix
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FRONTLINE
Inside Italy’s COVID War
PBS
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FRONTLINE
United States of Conspiracy
PBS
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HBO Documentary Films
Stockton on My Mind
HBO
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WINNER
Independent Lens
Belly of the Beast
PBS
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The Trade
Showtime
Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary
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WINNER
Kingdom of Silence
Showtime
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The Perfect Weapon
HBO
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POV
Advocate
PBS
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POV
Softie
PBS
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The Way I See It
MSNBC
Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
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Independent Lens
Rewind
PBS
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Not Done: Women Remaking America
PBS
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WINNER
POV
The Rescue List
PBS
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This Ain't Normal
VOD
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With Drawn Arms
Starz
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
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WINNER
Athlete A
Netflix
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Finding Yingying
Pluto TV
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FRONTLINE
Return From ISIS
PBS
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HBO Documentary Films
Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Election
HBO
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HBO Documentary Films
Agents of Chaos
HBO
Outstanding Historical Documentary
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Challenger: The Final Flight
Netflix
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CNN Films
John Lewis: Good Trouble
CNN
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WINNER
FRONTLINE
Once Upon A Time In Iraq
PBS
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HBO Documentary Films
The Art of Political Murder
HBO
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HBO Documentary Films
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
HBO
Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
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CNN Films
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
CNN
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WINNER
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
PBS
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Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Netflix
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POV
Our Time Machine
PBS
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Peacock
Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
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Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything
Netflix
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Ken Burns Presents The Gene: An Intimate History
PBS
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NOVA
Human Nature
PBS
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Pandemic
Netflix
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Secrets of the Solar System
Mars
CuriosityStream
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WINNER
The Surgeon's Cut
Netflix
Outstanding Nature Documentary
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Jade Eyed Leopard
National Geographic Wild
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Jane Goodall: The Hope
National Geographic
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WINNER
The Last Ice
National Geographic
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Nature
Cuba's Wild Revolution
PBS
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NOVA
Nature's Fear Factor
PBS
Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
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CNN Films
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
CNN
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WINNER
FRONTLINE
Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
PBS
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FRONTLINE in partnership with Financial Times
Opioids, Inc.
PBS
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Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
Scams
National Geographic
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VOCES
Building the American Dream
PBS
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The Wall Street Journal
31 Days in March: The Month Coronavirus Unraveled American Business
Wall Street Journal
Outstanding Short Documentary
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Church and the Fourth Estate
Field of Vision
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FRONTLINE in partnership with The Marshall Project, WORLD Channel
Tutwiler
PBS
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The New Yorker Documentary
When Humanitarian Aid Is Considered a Crime
The New Yorker | Condé Nast Entertainment
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Op-Docs
Dying in Your Mother's Arms
The New York Times
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WINNER
POV Shorts
The Love Bugs
PBS
Best Documentary
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Athlete A
Netflix
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Born To Be
VOD
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FRONTLINE
Once Upon A Time In Iraq
PBS
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Independent Lens
Belly of the Beast
PBS
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WINNER
POV
Advocate
PBS
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The Trade
Showtime