All Movie Awards

1981 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerFrom Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in ChinaMurray LernerIsaac Stern's cultural tour of China is seen, with the master violinist performing and mentoring young Chinese musicians. He visits rehearsals of the Peking Opera, meeting with their ...Amazon1981 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesAgeeRoss SpearsAmazonFront LineDavid BradburyAmazonThe Day After TrinityJon ElseAmazonThe Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945Bengt von zur MühlenAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerGenocideArnold SchwartzmanA chilling, heartbreaking testament to the strength and suffering of the Jewish people and the courage and heroism of those who came to their aid. With beautiful narration by Orson Welles ...Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesAgainst Wind and Tide: A Cuban OdysseySusanne BaumanAmazonBrooklyn BridgeKen BurnsAmazonEight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen CaldicottMary BenjaminAmazonEl Salvador: Another VietnamGlenn SilberAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerThe Fifth EstateJohn ZaritskyInvestigative journalist news documentaries are presented.Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesA Portrait of GiselleJoseph WishyAmazonAfter the AxeSturla GunnarssonAmazonBen's MillJohn KarolAmazonIn Our WaterMeg SwitzgableAmazon

1984 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerHe Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'Emile ArdolinoJacques d'Amboise, a noted former American ballet star who had dancing roles in such films as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and Carousel (1956), and who later became a New York dancing instructor.Amazon1984 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesChildren of DarknessRichard KotukAmazonFirst ContactBob ConnollyAmazonSeeing RedJim KleinAmazonThe Profession of ArmsMichael BryansAmazon

1985 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerThe Times of Harvey MilkRob EpsteinA documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesHigh SchoolsCharles GuggenheimAmazonIn the Name of the PeopleAlex W. DrehslerAmazonMarleneKarel DirkaAmazonStreetwiseCheryl McCallAmazon

1986 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerBroken RainbowMaria FlorioDocumentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.Amazon1986 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesSoldiers in HidingJaphet AsherAmazonThe Mothers of the Plaza of MayoSusana Blaustein MuñozAmazonThe Statue of LibertyKen BurnsAmazonUnfinished BusinessSteven OkazakiAmazon

1987 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerArtie Shaw: Time Is All You've GotBrigitte BermanDocumentary cataloging the life and music of the band leader and clarinetist, Artie Shaw.AmazonDown and Out in AmericaJoseph FeuryA recession in the mid-1980s affects Minnesota farm workers, unemployed urban workers and the newly homeless in Los Angeles and New York.Amazon1987 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesChile: Hasta Cuando?David BradburyAmazonIsaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis SingerKirk SimonAmazonWitness to ApartheidSharon I. SopherAmazon

1988 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerThe Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round TableAviva SlesinProfile of the group of writers and humorists who formed lasting friendships and collaborations centered on their daily lunches at New York City's Algonquin Hotel through the 1920s, which ...Amazon1988 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesA Stitch for TimeBarbara HerbichAmazonEyes on the PrizeCallie CrossleyAmazonHellfire: A Journey from HiroshimaJohn JunkermanAmazonRadio BikiniRobert StoneAmazon

1989 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerHôtel TerminusMarcel OphülsA documentary about Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and his life after the war.Amazon1989 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesLet's Get LostBruce WeberAmazonPromises to KeepGinny DurrinAmazonThe Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude - An Afrikaner Speaks OutRobert BilheimerAmazonWho Killed Vincent Chin?Renee Tajima-PenaAmazon

1990 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerCommon Threads: Stories from the QuiltRob EpsteinA collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.Amazon1990 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesAdam Clayton PowellRichard KilbergAmazonCrack USA: County Under SiegeVince DiPersioAmazonFor All MankindAl ReinertAmazonSuper Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl WarrenJudith LeonardAmazon