Awards

Macky Alston

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6 wins & 9 nominations

Bermuda International Film Festival

1997 Winner Jury Prize
- Family Name

Gotham Awards

1997 Winner Open Palm Award
- Family Name

Film Independent Spirit Awards

1998 Nominee Truer Than Fiction Award
- Family Name

NewFest: New York's LGBT Film Festival

2012 Winner Audience Award
- Best Feature
- Love Free or Die

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

2011 Nominee Emmy
- Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
- Off and Running
- P.O.V.
For episode "Off and Running"
Shared with: Simon Kilmurry · Jacquie Jones · Jacob Akira Okada · Sandra Itkoff · Cynthia Lopez · Yance Ford · Sharese Bullock · Sally Jo Fifer · Andrew Catauro · Nicole Opper · Chris White
2009 Nominee Emmy
- Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
- Independent Lens
- Hard Road Home
For episode "Hard Road Home"
Shared with: Sally Jo Fifer · Selina Lewis Davidson
2008 Nominee Emmy
- Best Documentary
- The Killer Within
Shared with: Andrea Meditch · Sandra Itkoff · Leonard Cox
1999 Nominee Emmy
- Outstanding Historical Programming - Programs
- P.O.V.
- Family Name
For episode "Family Name"
Shared with: Lisa Heller

RiverRun International Film Festival

2012 Winner Human Rights Award
- Love Free or Die

Sundance Film Festival

2012 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
- Documentary
- Love Free or Die
2012 Winner Special Jury Prize
- Documentary
- Love Free or Die
For grace under pressure
1997 Winner Freedom of Expression Award
- Family Name
Tied with Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary (1997).
1997 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
- Documentary
- Family Name

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

2012 Nominee Sheffield Youth Jury Award
- Love Free or Die

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

2025 Nominee Best Documentary
- Acts of Reparation
Shared with: Selina Lewis Davidson

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