6th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

The 6th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 14, 2021 at the BRIC in Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. It was hosted by Roy Wood Jr.^[1]

6th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Date	November 14, 2021
Site	BRIC, Brooklyn, United States
Hosted by	Roy Wood Jr.
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
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Ascension and Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) led the nominations with six each with the latter winning all of its nominations.^[2][1]

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on October 18, 2021.^[3]

Best Documentary Feature Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)[4] Ascension Attica Becoming Cousteau The Crime of the Century A Crime on the Bayou Flee Introducing, Selma Blair The Lost Leonardo My Name Is Pauli Murray Procession The Rescue
Best Director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin – The Rescue Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Liz Garbus – Becoming Cousteau Jessica Kingdon – Ascension Stanley Nelson Jr. and Traci A. Curry – Attica Jonas Poher Rasmussen – Flee Edgar Wright – The Sparks Brothers	Best First Documentary Feature Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Jessica Beshir – Faya Dayi Rachel Fleit – Introducing, Selma Blair Todd Haynes – The Velvet Underground Jessica Kingdon – Ascension Kristine Stolakis – Pray Away Edgar Wright – The Sparks Brothers
Best Archival Documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Becoming Cousteau The Real Charlie Chaplin The Real Right Stuff Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Val The Velvet Underground	Best Short Documentary The Queen of Basketball Audible Borat's American Lockdown Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol The Doll The Last Cruise Snowy
Best Political Documentary The Crime of the Century Enemies of the State Four Hours at the Capitol Influence Mayor Pete Missing in Brooks County Nasrin Not Going Quietly	Best Sports Documentary The Alpinist Changing the Game The Day Sports Stood Still Kevin Garnett: Anything is Possible LFG Tiger
Best Historical or Biographical Documentary Val Attica A Crime on the Bayou Fauci Final Account Julia My Name Is Pauli Murray No Ordinary Man	Best Science/Nature Documentary Becoming Cousteau Fauci The First Wave The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 Playing with Sharks Puff: Wonders of the Reef The Year Earth Changed
Best Narration Val – Jack Kilmer, narrator; Val Kilmer, writer 9/11: Inside the President's War Room – Jeff Daniels, narrator Becoming Cousteau – Vincent Cassel, narrator; Mark Monroe and Pax Wassermann, writers The Crime of the Century – Alex Gibney, narrator and writer The Neutral Ground – CJ Hunt, narrator and writer The Real Charlie Chaplin – Pearl Mackie, narrator; Oliver Kindeberg, Peter Middleton and James Spinney, writers The Year Earth Changed – David Attenborough, narrator	Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary Ady Barkan – Not Going Quietly Selma Blair – Introducing, Selma Blair Pete Buttigieg – Mayor Pete Anthony Fauci – Fauci Ben Fong-Torres – Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres Val Kilmer – Val Ron and Russell Mael – The Sparks Brothers Rita Moreno – Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It Valerie Taylor – Playing With Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story
Best Music Documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James Listening to Kenny G The Sparks Brothers Tina The Velvet Underground	Best Score Daniel Pemberton – The Rescue Jongnic Bontemps – My Name is Pauli Murray Dan Deacon – Ascension Alex Lasarenko and David Little – The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 Cyrus Melchor – LFG Rachel Portman – Julia Dirac Sea – Final Account
Best Cinematography David Katznelson, Ian Seabrook and Picha Srisansanee – The Rescue Jessica Beshir – Faya Dayi Jonathan Griffith, Brett Lowell and Austin Siadak – The Alpinist Nelson Hume and Alan Jacobsen – The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 Jessica Kingdon and Nathan Truesdell – Ascension Emiliano Villanueva – A Cop Movie Pete West – Puff: Wonders of the Reef	Best Editing Joshua L. Pearson – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Francisco Bello, Matthew Heineman, Gabriel Rhodes and David Zieff – The First Wave Jeff Consiglio – LFG Bob Eisenhardt – The Rescue Affonso Gonçalves and Adam Kurnitz – The Velvet Underground Jessica Kingdon – Ascension Julian Quantrill – The Real Charlie Chaplin

Pennebaker Award

• R. J. Cutler^[5]

Films with multiple nominations

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
6	Ascension
	Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
5	Becoming Cousteau
	The Rescue
4	The Sparks Brothers
	Val
	The Velvet Underground
3	Attica
	The Crime of the Century
	Fauci
	Introducing, Selma Blair
	LFG
	The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52
	My Name Is Pauli Murray
	The Real Charlie Chaplin
2	The Alpinist
	A Crime on the Bayou
	Faya Dayi
	Final Account
	The First Wave
	Flee
	Julia
	Mayor Pete
	Not Going Quietly
	Playing With Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story
	Puff: Wonders of the Reef
	The Year Earth Changed

Films with multiple wins

Wins	Film
6	Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
3	The Rescue
2	Val

See also

• 94th Academy Awards