AWARDS
2025
OSCARS®
Oscar® Long-list: Best Documentary Feature
2025
PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: Best Documentary Film, Jury Award
Los Angeles
2024
DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Opening Night Film
World Premiere
WINNER: Best South African Documentary (Oscar-qualifying Award)
South Africa
2024
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: Best Film by a Female Director of Color
NYC
2025
MONDE EN VUES (WORLD IN VIEW) - INT HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: Prix Spécial Ligue Doits de l'Homme (Special Prize Human Rights League)
Guadeloupe
OSCARS®
Oscar® Long-list: Best Documentary Feature
2025
PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: Best Documentary Film, Jury Award
Los Angeles
2024
DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Opening Night Film
World Premiere
WINNER: Best South African Documentary (Oscar-qualifying Award)
South Africa
2024
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: Best Film by a Female Director of Color
NYC
2025
MONDE EN VUES (WORLD IN VIEW) - INT HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: Prix Spécial Ligue Doits de l'Homme (Special Prize Human Rights League)
Guadeloupe
PAST SCREENINGS
2025
FESPACO
NOMINATED: Critics Choice Award
Burkina Faso
2025
YALE UNIVERSITY
Whitney Humanities Center
"David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive" Exhibition
2025
PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: Best Documentary Film, Jury Award
Los Angeles
2025
MOOOV FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Belgium
2025
TORONTO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
Closing Night Film
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Canada
2025
OTTAWA BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Canada
2025
CALGARY BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Canada
2025
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL - DC EDITION
WINNER: Best Film by a Female Director of Color
DC
2025
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL - PARIS EDITION
WINNER: Best Film by a Female Director of Color
Paris
2025
South African Film Festival - Canada
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Canada
2025
South African Film Festival - United States
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
United States
2025
South African Film Festival - Australia and New Zealand
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Australia and New Zealand
2024
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: Best Film by a Female Director of Color
NYC
2024
iAFRICA FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Netherlands
2024
MOSTRA DE CINEMAS AFRICANOS
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Brazil
2024
DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
World Premiere
Opening Night Film
WINNER: Best South African Documentary (Oscar-qualifying Award)
South Africa
FESPACO
NOMINATED: Critics Choice Award
Burkina Faso
2025
YALE UNIVERSITY
Whitney Humanities Center
"David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive" Exhibition
2025
PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: Best Documentary Film, Jury Award
Los Angeles
2025
MOOOV FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Belgium
2025
TORONTO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
Closing Night Film
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Canada
2025
OTTAWA BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Canada
2025
CALGARY BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Canada
2025
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL - DC EDITION
WINNER: Best Film by a Female Director of Color
DC
2025
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL - PARIS EDITION
WINNER: Best Film by a Female Director of Color
Paris
2025
South African Film Festival - Canada
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Canada
2025
South African Film Festival - United States
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
United States
2025
South African Film Festival - Australia and New Zealand
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Australia and New Zealand
2024
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER: Best Film by a Female Director of Color
NYC
2024
iAFRICA FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Netherlands
2024
MOSTRA DE CINEMAS AFRICANOS
NOMINATED: Best Feature Documentary
Brazil
2024
DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
World Premiere
Opening Night Film
WINNER: Best South African Documentary (Oscar-qualifying Award)
South Africa