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The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film is an award for documentary films. In 1941, the first awards for feature-length documentaries were bestowed as Special Awards to Kukan and Target for Tonight. They have since been bestowed competitively each year, with the exception of 1946.
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Freedom on My Mind is a 1994 feature documentary film that tells the story of the Mississippi voter registration movement of 1961 to 1964, which was characterized by violence against the people involved, including multiple instances of murder.
The ESPN film "O.J.: Made in America," which explores the broad implications of O.J. Simpson's trial and acquittal on murder charges, won the Oscar for best documentary.
The nominees for the 66th Academy Awards were announced on February 9, 1994, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Academy president Arthur Hiller and actress Christine Lahti. Schindler's List led all nominees with twelve nominations; The Piano and The Remains of the Day tied for second with eight.
Home. Academy Film Archive. Film Archive Collections. Academy Award-Winning Documentaries. From 2005-2010, the Academy screened all 139 documentary features and shorts that had won an Academy Award, something that had never been done before.
