77th Academy Awards®

Best Documentary Feature

2005 IFP Independent Spirit Awards

DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award

2004 L.A. Film Critics

Winner, Best Documentary of the Year

2004 International Documentary Association

Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award

2004 National Board of Review

Winner, Best Documentary of the Year

2004 Sundance Film Festival

Audience Award

2004 Human Rights Watch

Nestor Almendros Prize for Courage in Filmmaking

2004 Seattle International Film Festival

Best Documentary Award

2004 Silverdocs Film Festival

Audience Award

2004 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Audience Award

2004 Atlanta Film Festival

Turner Broadcasting Audience Award

2004 Nashville Film Festival

Best Documentary and Audience Awards

2004 Cleveland Film Festival

Audience Award

2004 Amnesty International Film Festival

Audience Award

2004 Bermuda Film Festival

Best Documentary and Audience Awards

2004 Durango Film Festival

Best Documentary, Filmmaker's and Audience Awards

2004 Newport Beach Film Festival

Special Merit Award

2004 Artivist Film Festival

Children's Day Award

2004 Sydney Int'l Film Festival

Audience Award

2004 BendFilm

Audience Award

2004 BendFilm

Best Score

2004 Chicago Int'l Film Festival

The Gold Hugo for Best Documentary Feature

2004 Chicago Int'l Film Festival

The "Level Above the Rest" prize

2004 High Falls Film Festival

Audience Award for Best Documentary

2005 Portland Film Festival

Best Documentary

Ashland International Film Festival 2005

Best Documentary

Planete Doc Review, Warsaw 2005

Audience Award