You Can See Everything Dominates Critics Choice Documentary Honors

You Can See Everything took the top prize during the eleventh edition of the Critics Choice Documentary Awards, held at New York’s Edison Ballroom. The documentary about Elizabeth Holmes’ final days before prison earned each of its five nominated honors, including best documentary feature, director, cinematography, editing and score. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim directed the film, which had its first major awards recognition after debuting at Telluride a little over two months earlier.

Once Upon a Time in Harlem was the evening’s other major winner, taking three awards: best first documentary feature, historical documentary and archival documentary. David Greaves won for his first-feature work on the film.

Ava DuVernay’s 14th, which had led the field with six nominations, did not win an award. NAZA won best political documentary, while Musk took best biographical documentary and EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert won best music documentary. The History of Concrete received the narration award, and Nuisance Bear won in the science and nature category.

The true-crime award was shared by The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare and Lost Women of Alaska. Everest: The Other Side won best sports documentary. The Baddest Speechwriter of All was named best short documentary, Lion won best limited documentary series and 30 for 30 took the ongoing-series award.

Ross Mathews hosted the ceremony. Ron Howard was honored with the Critics Choice Impact Award, and Jehane Noujaim received the Pennebaker Award for lifetime achievement.