AARP_Movies_for_Grownups_Award_for_Best_Documentary
The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Documentary is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors the best documentary film from a given year that is made by or focuses on people over the age of 50.[1] The Best Documentary Award is one of the seven original trophies issued by AARP the Magazine, along with awards for Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up.[2]
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AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Documentary | |
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Awarded for | Best documentary film by or about people over 50 |
Country | United States |
Presented by | AARP |
First awarded | 2002 (for films released during the 2001 film season) |
Currently held by | Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down (2022) |
Website | https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/ |
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- indicates the winners.
2000s
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2010s
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2020s
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Year | Film | Director(s) | Ref. |
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2020/21 (20th) |
A Secret Love‡ | Chris Bolan | [24] |
Crip Camp | Nicole Newnham James Lebrecht | ||
Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy | Elizabeth Carroll | ||
Dick Johnson Is Dead | Kirsten Johnson | ||
Sky Blossom | Richard Lui | ||
2021 (21st) |
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)‡ | Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson | [25][26] |
The Beatles: Get Back | Peter Jackson | ||
Julia | Julie Cohen Betsy West | ||
My Name is Pauli Murray | Betsy West Julie Cohen | ||
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America | Emily Kunstler | ||
2022 (22nd) |
Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down‡ | Julie Cohen Betsy West |
[27] |
Lucy and Desi | Amy Poehler | ||
The Pez Outlaw | Amy Bandlien Storkel Bryan Storkel | ||
Sidney | Reginald Hudlin | ||
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off | Sam Jones |
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The following directors have received multiple nominations for Best Documentary:
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Wins | Director | Nominations |
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2 | Morgan Neville | 3 |
1 | Alex Gibney | 2 |
James Marsh | 2 | |
Michael Moore | 2 | |
0 | Julie Cohen & Betsy West | 4 |
Patrick Creadon | 2 | |
Davis Guggenheim | 2 | |
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- Appelo, Tim. "About AARP Movies for Grownups Awards". AARP.
- Newcott, William R. (May 2002). "Movies for Grownups". AARP the Magazine. Washington, D.C. pp. 56–58.
- Newcott, William R. (May 2002). "Movies for Grownups". AARP the Magazine. Washington, D.C. pp. 56–58.
- Newcott, William R. (March 2006). ""Fifth Annual Movies for Grownups"". AARP the Magazine. Washington, D.C. pp. 50–51.
- Newcott, William R.; Grant, Meg (February 2015). "14th Annual Best Movies for Grownups". AARP the Magazine. Washington, D.C. pp. 44–47, 77.
- "'Spotlight' Named Best 'Movie for Grownups' by AARP". January 5, 2016.
- "AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. February 6, 2017.
- "The Two Popes Earns 7 Nods in AARP's Movies for Grown-ups Awards". November 26, 2019.