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2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary WinnerCrazy LoveDan KloresThe bizarre true story of Linda Riss and Burt Pugach.Amazon2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary NomineesLake of FireTony KayeAmazonManufactured LandscapesJennifer BaichwalAmazonThe Monastery: Mr. Vig and the NunPernille Rose GrønkjærAmazonThe Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony BlairPetra EpperleinAmazon

2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary WinnerMan on WireJames MarshA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".Amazon2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary NomineesEncounters at the End of the WorldWerner HerzogAmazonThe Betrayal - NerakhoonEllen KurasAmazonThe Order of MythsMargaret BrownAmazonUp the YangtzeYung ChangAmazon

2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary WinnerAnvil: The Story of AnvilSacha GervasiSince 1978, Anvil has become one of heavy metal's most influential yet commercially unsuccessful acts. In 2006, after a fledging European tour Anvil sets out to record their thirteenth album and continue to follow their dreams.Amazon2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary NomineesFood, Inc.Robert KennerAmazonMore Than a GameKristopher BelmanAmazonOctober CountryMichael PalmieriAmazonWhich Way HomeRebecca CammisaAmazon

2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary WinnerExit Through the Gift ShopBanksyThe story of how an eccentric French shop-keeper and amateur film-maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains...Amazon2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary NomineesMarwencolAmazonRestrepoAmazonSweetgrassAmazonThunder SoulAmazon

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary WinnerThe InterruptersSteve JamesA year in the life of a city grappling with urban violence.Amazon2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary NomineesAn African ElectionJarreth J. MerzAmazonBill Cunningham: New YorkRichard PressAmazonThe Redemption of General Butt NakedEric StraussAmazonWe Were HereDavid WeissmanAmazon

2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary WinnerThe Invisible WarKirby DickAn investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military.Amazon2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary NomineesHow to Survive a PlagueDavid FranceAmazonMarina Abramovic: The Artist Is PresentMatthew AkersAmazonThe Central Park FiveKen BurnsAmazonThe Waiting RoomPeter NicksAmazon

2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Winner20 Feet from StardomMorgan NevilleBackup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.Amazon2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary NomineesAfter TillerMartha ShaneAmazonGideon's ArmyDawn PorterAmazonThe Act of KillingJoshua OppenheimerAmazonThe SquareJehane NoujaimAmazon

2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary WinnerCitizenfourLaura PoitrasA documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.Amazon2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Nominees20,000 Days on EarthIain ForsythAmazonStray DogDebra GranikAmazonThe Salt of the EarthWim WendersAmazonVirungaOrlando von EinsiedelAmazon

2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary WinnerThe Look of SilenceJoshua OppenheimerA family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.Amazon2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Nominees(T)ERRORLyric R. CabralAmazonBest of Enemies: Buckley vs. VidalMorgan NevilleAmazonHeart of a DogLaurie AndersonAmazonMeruJimmy ChinAmazonThe Russian WoodpeckerChad GraciaAmazon

2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary WinnerO.J.: Made in AmericaEzra EdelmanA chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.Amazon2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Nominees13thAva DuVernayAmazonCamerapersonKirsten JohnsonAmazonI Am Not Your NegroRaoul PeckAmazonSonitaRokhsareh GhaemmaghamiAmazon