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This year's News and Documentary Emmy Award nominations are in from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and FRONTLINE has earned 13 nods — including two nominations in the prestigious "Best Documentary" category and one for "Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation."
Did your favorite FRONTLINE documentaries and investigations of 2021 make the list? Find out below and check out all of our Emmy-nominated projects before award winners are announced in September.
A Thousand Cuts
How journalist Maria Ressa, who would go on to win a Nobel Peace Prize, became a prime target of then-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on the press.
Nominations: Best Documentary, Outstanding Social Issue Documentary
American Insurrection
An investigation of how far-right extremist groups evolved, from the 2017 Charlottesville rally to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Nomination: Best Documentary, Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
Un(re)solved
Say their names. Know their stories. A multiplatform, interactive investigation examining a federal effort to grapple with America's legacy of racist killings. Nomination:Outstanding Interactive Media: Innovation
Pandora Papers
Inside a massive leak of financial documents that revealed hidden assets and deals of the world's wealthy and powerful. Nominations: Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
Yemen's COVID Cover-Up
How the coronavirus deepened Yemen's humanitarian crisis in the midst of a brutal war. Nomination: Outstanding Investigative News Coverage: Long Form
Boeing's Fatal Flaw
What did Boeing know about the potential for disaster with its 737 Max airplane, and when did the company know it?
Nomination: Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
The Healthcare Divide
An investigation of growing inequities in American healthcare exposed by COVID-19. Nomination: Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic Coverage
China's COVID Secrets
The untold story of the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and how China responded. Nomination: Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary
A rare and shocking glimpse inside a country that has been under authoritarian rule for three decades. Nomination: Outstanding Investigative Documentary
In the Shadow of 9/11
The story of the Liberty City Seven and the biggest alleged Al Qaeda plot since 9/11, told for the first time on television as a documentary feature. Nomination: Outstanding Investigative Documentary
The Power of the Fed
How the central bank's actions played out, on Wall Street and on Main Street, when it stepped in to try to avert economic crisis during the pandemic. Nomination: Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
Watch all of this year's nominated documentaries and hundreds of other films from our archive on FRONTLINE's YouTube channel.
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