Awards

Academy Award® Nominee for Best Feature Documentary

Academy Award® Nominee for Best Feature Documentary


Awards

The 2010 EMMY Award for Outstanding Informational Programming

The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award Grand Prize

The 2010 Imagen Award for Best Documentary on Television

The American Heritage Award for Distinguished Public Service, the American Immigration Council

The La Mancha Humanitarian Award, The Casa Cornelia Law Center

The Humanitarian Activist Award, Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Jury Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature,
Cine Las Americas FF

Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature,
Cine Las Americas FF

Eye Audience Award,
Seoul International Youth Film Festival, South Korea

Special Jury Prize for Human Rights, Traverse City Film Festival, Michigan

The UNICEF Award,
The 2009 Havana International Film Festival

The 2010 Youth Vision Award,
United Nations Association Film Festival

The 2011 Dirk Vandersypen Journalism Award

Le Grand Prix du Festival
Festival des Libertés, Belgium


Nominations

ACADEMY AWARD® Nominee 2010 Best Documentary Feature

The Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Film

EMMY Award Nominee 2010 for Outstanding Individual Achievement — Cinematography

EMMY Award Nominee 2010 for Outstanding Individual Achievement — Editing

EMMY Award Nominee 2010 for Outstanding Individual Achievement — Research