Gotham Independent Film Award

2013 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerThe Act of KillingJoshua OppenheimerA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.Amazon2013 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesFirst Cousin Once RemovedAlan BerlinerAmazonLet the Fire BurnJason OsderAmazonOur NixonPenny LaneAmazonThe Crash ReelLucy WalkerAmazon

2012 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerHow to Survive a PlagueDavid FranceThe story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.Amazon2012 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesDetropiaHeidi EwingAmazonMarina Abramovic: The Artist Is PresentMatthew AkersAmazonRoom 237Rodney AscherAmazonThe Waiting RoomPeter NicksAmazon

2011 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerBetter This WorldKatie GallowayA pair of childhood friends from Texas who set out to prove themselves.Amazon2011 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesBill Cunningham: New YorkRichard PressAmazonHell and Back AgainDanfung DennisAmazonThe InterruptersSteve JamesAmazonThe WoodmansScott WillisAmazon

2009 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerFood, Inc.Robert KennerAn unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.Amazon2009 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesGood HairJeff StilsonAmazonMy Neighbor, My KillerAnne AghionAmazonParadiseMichael AlmereydaAmazonTysonJames TobackAmazon

2008 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerTrouble the WaterTia LessinA redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.Amazon2008 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesChris & Don. A Love StoryGuido SantiAmazonEncounters at the End of the WorldWerner HerzogAmazonMan on WireJames MarshAmazonRoman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredMarina ZenovichAmazon

2007 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerSickoMichael MooreA documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.Amazon2007 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesJimmy Carter Man from PlainsJonathan DemmeAmazonMy Kid Could Paint ThatAmir Bar-LevAmazonTaxi to the Dark SideAlex GibneyAmazonThe Devil Came on HorsebackAnne SundbergAmazon

2006 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerIraq in FragmentsJames LongleyStories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.Amazon2006 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesAn Inconvenient TruthDavis GuggenheimAmazonDeliver Us from EvilAmy BergAmazonFollowing SeanRalph ArlyckAmazonJonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples TempleStanley NelsonAmazon

2005 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerMurderballHenry Alex RubinQuadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.Amazon2005 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesBallets RussesDayna GoldfineAmazonEnron: The Smartest Guys in the RoomAlex GibneyAmazonGrizzly ManWerner HerzogAmazonWilliam Eggleston in the Real WorldMichael AlmereydaAmazon

2004 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary WinnerThe AgronomistJonathan DemmeThe true story of Jean Dominique, a Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist.Amazon2004 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary NomineesBright LeavesRoss McElweeAmazonFahrenheit 9/11Michael MooreAmazonIn the Realms of the UnrealJessica YuAmazonTarnationJonathan CaouetteAmazon