Lakota Nation vs. United States was named greatest documentary on evening two of the 2024 Information & Documentary Emmy Awards. The movie counts Mark Ruffalo and Marisa Tomei amongst its government producers.

It was directed by Jesse Quick Bull and Laura Tomaselli and produced by Benjamin Hedin and Phil Pinto, with all 4 serving as writers. The Nationwide Academy of Tv Arts & Sciences handed out the awards, which had been introduced on the Palladium Occasions Sq. in New York Metropolis, on Thursday evening.

W. Kamau Bell hosted the ceremony. Additionally in the course of the ceremony, documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award, which was introduced by fellow documentarian Sheila Nevins.

The Information & Documentary Emmys are handed out at two particular person ceremonies: Classes honoring TV information programming had been introduced Wednesday, whereas awards within the documentary classes had been introduced Thursday. On evening one, CNN, ABC and Nationwide Geographic had been among the many high winners. The forty fifth annual Information & Documentary Emmy Awards honor programming content material from greater than 2,200 submissions that initially premiered in 2023.

They had been judged by a pool of 980 peer professionals from throughout the tv and streaming/digital media information and documentary trade. A full record of evening two winners follows. BEST DOCUMENTARY Lakota Nation vs.

United States (AMC+) [Unceded Films, LLC | IFC F.