‘Crip Camp’ Wins Best Feature at IDA Documentary Awards – Full Winner’s List

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Crip Camp, directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht, nabbed the best feature trophy at the International Documentary Association's 2021 awards, which took place Saturday night via an online ceremony amid the coronavirus pandemic. Netflix's Sundance-opening documentary, from Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground production company, about Camp Jened and the birth of the disability-rights movement also received the ABC News VideoSource Award.

A still from Crip Camp by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

In an awards season where the documentaries “Time” and “Collective” have dominated the year-end honors from critics groups, but it was another film that took the top prize at the 2020 IDA Awards. Instead, Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht‘s “Crip Camp” was honored with Best Feature.

Best Feature: “Crip Camp” Directors and Producers: Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht. Producer: Sara BolderBest Director: Garrett Bradley, “Time”Best Short: “John Was Trying to Contact Aliens” Director and Producer: Matthew KillipBest Curated Series: “American Experience” Executive Producers: Susan Bellows and Mark SamelsBest Episodic Series: “Last Chance U” Director and Executive Producer: Greg Whiteley.

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The newly rebranded Gotham Film and Media Institute announced the winners of the 30th Annual Gotham Awards on Monday night and it was a bit of a bumpy zoom ride. While some presenters were on hand at the award show’s traditional locale, Cipriani’s New York, the nominees were entirely live on zoom.

The Gotham Film and Media Institute’s 30th annual Gotham Awards is underway with the virtual ceremony streaming live from Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

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