Senna, about the life of Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, is also up for best documentary, as is Project Nim, about a chimpanzee raised as a child in the 1970s.
Benson implicates her woeful lack of knowledge of any Chinatown by calling the film "part documentary". "Year of the Dragon" is about as much a documentary as is a soft drink commercial.
Johnson friends and confidants like Arsenio Hall are also interviewed in the documentary, as are longtime fans like Chris Rock.
The pleasure of discovering other people is one of the great appeals of documentary, as was also touchingly evident in "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child," from Tamra Davis.
Although no one challenged the central facts on which Death of a Princess was based, the controversy over Thomas's film established the central issue of the drama documentary as being the dangers of polluting the pure waters of documentary.
The RTS judges described his ITV Exposure documentary as being "a sensation without ever being sensationalist" – a subtle accolade for an hour-long film that sparked a national outcry about decades of hidden abuse and sent shockwaves through the BBC.
The three, who can be held in custody without charge for 72 hours, are among four people identified in a British television documentary as being involved in the attack.
In appropriate cases, the Board might prefer to rely on documentary evidence alone, as is done in civil practice with summary judgment motions.
Last year's winner, "Inside Job," was pretty big, as documentaries go, as was "The Cove" from the year before.
I came to Park City specifically to view environmental documentaries, as Sundance is well known for its role in premiering important films about social and environmental issues.
