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2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Jaddoland Nadia Shihab](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Jaddoland
Nadia Shihab
2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Minding the Gap Bing Liu](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/minding-the-gap-bing-liu-image.jpg)
Minding the Gap
Bing Liu
2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Quest Jonathan Olshefski](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/quest-jonathan-olshefski-image.jpg)
Quest
Jonathan Olshefski
2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Hooligan Sparrow Nanfu Wang](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hooligan-sparrow-nanfu-wang-image.jpg)
Hooligan Sparrow
Nanfu Wang
2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Incorruptible Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/incorruptible-elizabeth-chai-vasarhelyi-image.jpg)
Incorruptible
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![The Kill Team Dan Krauss](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-kill-team-dan-krauss-image.jpg)
The Kill Team
Dan Krauss
2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Let the Fire Burn Jason Osder](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/let-the-fire-burn-jason-osder-image.jpg)
Let the Fire Burn
Jason Osder
2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![The Waiting Room Peter Nicks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-waiting-room-peter-nicks-image.jpg)
The Waiting Room
Peter Nicks
2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Where Soldiers Come From Heather Courtney](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/where-soldiers-come-from-heather-courtney-image.jpg)
Where Soldiers Come From
Heather Courtney
2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Marwencol Jeff Malmberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marwencol-jeff-malmberg-image.jpg)
Marwencol
Jeff Malmberg
2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![45365 Bill Ross IV](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/45365-bill-ross-iv-turner-ross-image.jpg)
45365
Bill Ross IV
2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![The Order of Myths Margaret Brown](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-order-of-myths-margaret-brown-image.jpg)
The Order of Myths
Margaret Brown
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![The Unforeseen Laura Dunn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-unforeseen-laura-dunn-image.jpg)
The Unforeseen
Laura Dunn
2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![P.O.V. Adele Horne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/p.o.v.-image.jpg)
P.O.V.
Adele Horne
2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Occupation: Dreamland Garrett Scott](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/occupation-dreamland-ian-olds-garrett-scott-image.jpg)
Occupation: Dreamland
Garrett Scott
2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids Zana Briski](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/born-into-brothels-calcuttas-red-light-kids-zana-briski-ross-kauffman-image.jpg)
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids
Zana Briski
2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Lost Boys of Sudan Megan Mylan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lost-boys-of-sudan-megan-mylan-jon-shenk-image.jpg)
Lost Boys of Sudan
Megan Mylan
2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Love and Diane Jennifer Dworkin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/love-and-diane-jennifer-dworkin-image.jpg)
Love and Diane
Jennifer Dworkin
2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Hybrid Monteith McCollum](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hybrid-monteith-mccollum-image.jpg)
Hybrid
Monteith McCollum
2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale David Shapiro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/keep-the-river-on-your-right-a-modern-cannibal-tale-david-shapiro-laurie-gwen-shapiro-image.jpg)
Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
David Shapiro
2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles Owsley Brown](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/night-waltz-the-music-of-paul-bowles-owsley-brown-image.jpg)
Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles
Owsley Brown
1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Regret to Inform Barbara Sonneborn](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/regret-to-inform-image.jpg)
Regret to Inform
Barbara Sonneborn
1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Errol Morris](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fast-cheap-and-out-of-control-errol-morris-image.jpg)
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
Errol Morris
1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![Soul in the Hole Danielle Gardner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/soul-in-the-hole-danielle-gardner-image.jpg)
Soul in the Hole
Danielle Gardner
1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Truer Than Fiction Award
![When We Were Kings Leon Gast](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/when-we-were-kings-leon-gast-image.jpg)