Critics Choice Documentary Awards: Rory Kennedy to receive Pennebaker Award
The Critics Choice Documentary Awards will be honoring Emmy-winning filmmaker Rory Kennedy at the upcoming 9th annual edition of these kudos. Kennedy won the second of her six Emmy bids in 2007 for the non-fiction special “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib.” She most recently contended in this same category in 2013 for “Ethel,” a film about her late mother, Ethel Kennedy. She also reaped a Best Documentary Feature Oscar bid in 2015 for “Last Days in Vietnam.”
The Critics Choice Documentary Awards ceremony on Nov. 10 will be hosted by Erich Bergen (“Madam Secretary”) at The Edison Ballroom in Manhattan. Chelsea Clinton and Amanda Zurawski, who is the subject of the documentary “Zurawski V Texas” about reproductive rights, are among those who will be presenting these prizes. Also on hand will be: Michael Cyril Creighton (“Only Murders in the Building”), R.J. Cutler (“Elton John: Never Too Late”), Lauren Greenfield (“Social Studies”), Ken Leung (“Industry”), Bridget Moynahan (“Blue Bloods”), Daphne Rubin-Vega (“Only Murders in the Building”) Lorraine Toussaint (“The Equalizer”), and Ali Wentworth (“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”).
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