Nominated - Academy Award® Best Documentary Feature - 2007

Nominated - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary - Directors Guild of America

Winner -Distinguished Feature Documentary Award - International Documentary Association

Winner - Best Documentary Directing - Sundance Film Festival

Winner - Best Documentary Cinematography - Sundance Film Festival

Winner - Best Documentary Editing- Sundance Film Festival

Nominated - Grand Jury Prize - Sundance Film Festival

Grand Jury Award - Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Gold Hugo - Best Documentary - Chicago International Film Festival

Winner - Nestor Almendros Award - Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Winner - Best Documentary - Gotham Awards

Winner - Special Mention - Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival

Nominated - Best Film- Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival

Winner - International Federation of Film Critics Award - Thessaloniki

Winner - Nesnady-Schwartz Documentary Film Competition - Cleveland International Film Festival