Trouble the Water (2008)

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7 wins & 14 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

2009 Nominee Oscar
- Best Documentary, Features
- Tia Lessin
- Carl Deal

Gotham Awards

2008 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
- Best Documentary
- Tia Lessin
- Carl Deal

Image Awards (NAACP)

2009 Nominee Image Award
- Outstanding Documentary

International Documentary Association

2008 Nominee Video Source Award
- Tia Lessin
- Carl Deal

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2009 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Non-Fiction Film

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008 Nominee NYFCC Award
- Best Non-Fiction Film

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

2010 Nominee Emmy
- Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
- Tia Lessin (director/producer)
- Carl Deal (director/producer)
- Amir Bar-Lev (co-producer)
- Woody Richman (co-producer)
- David Alcaro (executive producer)
- Joslyn Barnes (executive producer)
- Danny Glover (executive producer)
- Sheila Nevins (executive producer)
- Todd Olson (executive producer)
- Nancy Abraham (senior producer)
2010 Nominee Emmy
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research
- Carl Deal (researcher)
- Tia Lessin (researcher)

PGA Awards

2009 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Carl Deal
- Tia Lessin

Sundance Film Festival

2008 Winner Grand Jury Prize
- Documentary
- Tia Lessin
- Carl Deal

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Silverdocs Documentary Festival

2008 Winner Honorable Mention
- Best Documentary
- Tia Lessin
- Carl Deal

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

2009 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Production
- Carl Deal
- Tia Lessin
2009 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
- Carl Deal
- Tia Lessin

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2008 Winner EDA Award
- Best Documentary Feature Film
- Tia Lessin
- Carl Deal
Tied with James Marsh for Le funambule (2008).

Online Film & Television Association

2009 Nominee OFTA Film Award
- Best Documentary Feature Film

Village Voice Film Poll

2008 Nominee VVFP Award
- Best Documentary Feature Film
3rd place.

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2008 Nominee ICP Award
- Best Documentary
3rd place. Tied with Standard Operating Procedure (2008) and Valse avec Bachir (2008).

Gold Derby Awards

2009 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
- Documentary Feature

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