But "American Pimp," a terse, skillfully edited documentary by the Hughes Brothers (Allen and Albert), doesn't live up to its title.
This beautifully shot and edited documentary is affectingly empathetic towards its subjects – six late teenage girls in different parts of the globe: New York, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, Cameroon and Australia.
When it was shown at the New York Film Festival last month, Stephen Holden, writing in The New York Times, called the film a "sober, beautifully edited documentary portrait".
The family or community, whatever you want to call it, that coalesced around a public health emergency is the story of "We Were Here," an extraordinarily moving, beautifully edited documentary directed by David Weissman ("The Cockettes") and Bill Weber.
If there is one movie that ought to be studied by military and civilian leaders around the world at this treacherous historical moment, it is Mr. Morris's sober, beautifully edited documentary portrait of Robert S. McNamara, the former defense secretary.
His portrait of a starving city under Nazi occupation (tulip bulbs were cooked when there was little else to eat) has all the plausibility and cool detachment of a well-researched and carefully edited documentary.
If there's one movie that ought to be studied by military and civilian leaders around the world at this treacherous historical moment, it is "The Fog of War," Errol Morris's sober, beautifully edited documentary portrait of the former United States defense secretary Robert S. McNamara.
Winners in sound achievement, documentary film editing, documentary cinematography and producing and narrative cinematography receive cash awards.
Last Chance High, a tough in-depth look at Chicago's school for the city's most at-risk youth, received a nomination for the Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form award.
She earned a bachelor of fine arts in film from New York University in 1977 and early in her career edited documentaries for CBS.
