2021 Primetime Emmy® Awards Ballot

Outstanding Writing For A Nonfiction Program

All In: The Fight For Democracy All In: The Fight For Democracy follows Stacey Abrams’s journey alongside those at the forefront of the battle against injustice. From the country’s founding to today, this film delves into the issue of voter suppression.

Allen v. Farrow Episode 3 While Farrow tries to shield seven-year-old Dylan from the trauma of repeated questioning, Allen’s legal and publicity teams brand Farrow a scorned woman and unfit mother who brainwashed her children. Two separate 1992 investigations are reexamined with court documents, police evidence, and videotape.

Amend: The Fight For America Citizen

After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.

American Oz (American Experience)

Explore the life of L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. By 1900, Baum had spent his life in pursuit of success. But he never lost his childlike wonder and eventually crafted a tale of adventure and self-discovery.

The Battle Never Ends This documentary honors the 100-year anniversary of the Disabled American Veterans, a group which has fought to protect the rights and improve the lives of those who pay the price of freedom every day.

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart Brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb, found early fame writing over 1,000 songs with twenty No. 1 hits over five decades. Featuring archival footage of recording sessions, home videos, concert performances, and interviews.

Belushi Family and friends share memories of John Belushi, including Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Penny Marshall, Lorne Michaels and Harold Ramis.

Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry tells the coming-of-age story of the singer-songwriter and her rise to global superstardom.

The Blinding Of Isaac Woodard (American Experience) In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant traveling home after serving in WWII, was savagely beaten and blinded by a local police chief. The injustice led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman and set the stage for the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Class Action Park Welcome to Action Park: the notorious 1980s New Jersey water park.

The Crime Of The Century Explores Big Pharma and the political operatives that enable over-production, reckless distribution, and mass abuse of synthetic opiates. With the help of whistleblowers and leaked documents, the film reveals that America’s opioid epidemic is not a public health crisis that came out of nowhere.

Dark Side Of The Ring The Unreal Life Of Brian Pillman Wrestler Brian Pillman gained infamy with a performance that blurred the lines between fact and fiction. But when his gambit to con the industry’s most powerful titans into providing for his family’s future came crashing down, he charted a path of self-destruction.

David Foster: Off The Record David Foster: Off The Record is a biography of composer and producer David Foster, who has sold over a half billion records and produced the careers of Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Lionel Richie, and Michael Bublé.

Dick Johnson Is Dead

As her father nears the end of his life, filmmaker Kirsten Johnson stages his death in inventive and comical ways to help them both face the inevitable.

Exterminate All The Brutes

The Disturbing Confidence Of Ignorance Exterminate All The Brutes illuminates the intertwined currents of hate and bigotry running through history. Focusing on the United States’ legacy as a colonial power, the film explores how race became institutionalized, and also the Nazi program of “elimination” and the looting of the African continent in a “gentlemen’s agreement.”

The Food That Built America

The Kings Of Burgers

In the 1950s, Ray Kroc franchises nationwide, but then two Florida visionaries start up what will become Kroc’s biggest rival by re-inventing their grill into the pioneering “flame broiler.” The two iconic restaurants will battle for decades, launching signature sandwiches that become staples all over the world.

For Heaven's Sake The Disappearance

For Heaven's Sake follows the search for Harold Heaven, who mysteriously disappeared from his remote cabin in Ontario, Canada, in the winter of 1934. Eighty-five years later, his great-great-nephew, Mike, attempts to solve this cold case with the help of his extended family and true-crime-obsessed best friend, Jackson.

Going To Pot: The High & Low Of It

Pot is hot. The film with a zip of high and the facts about low. A virtual bong for those who smoke and for those who have thought about it.

Hemingway

Episode One: A Writer (1899 - 1929) Hemingway, yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I. He marries Hadley Richardson and moves to Paris, publishes "The Sun Also Rises" and finds critical and commercial success with his second novel, "A Farewell to Arms." The Hidden Map An American-Armenian granddaughter of genocide survivors exiled from their ancestral homeland sets out in search of the forbidden past. A chance encounter with a Scottish explorer leads to a joint odyssey--- digging beneath the surface of modern-day Turkey, unearthing buried secrets, silenced stories, living resilience, and the hidden map.

High On The Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America Our Founding Chefs From mac and cheese to Virginia ham: Jefferson’s and Washington’s renowned enslaved chefs James Hemings and Hercules left the nation hungry for more.

History Of Swear Words F**k The silly putty of the English language, our most malleable swear word can refer to sex, rage, confusion, excitement and a whole lot more.

I Want My MTV (Biography) I Want My MTV (Biography) charts the rise of a cultural phenomenon: MTV. The network pushed the boundaries of art, sex, gender and race, cementing its image to celebrity. Featuring interviews with the network’s founders, VJs, artists, and journalists, and including footage.

Intervention

Susan In Las Vegas, Susan finally escaped her dysfunctional Mormon family but now, her heroin addiction has forced her to move back home, where the family dynamics have escalated to dangerous new levels. This episode takes an unfiltered look at the devastation caused by addiction.

Jimmy Carter, Rock & Roll President The story of President Jimmy Carter's relationship with music, the important role that music played in his life and work, and the bonds with musicians Willie Nelson, the Allman Brothers and Bob Dylan.

Lincoln: Divided We Stand

Hope, Tragedy, And The New Normal After Lincoln’s murder, an epic manhunt for his killer in on as his wife and country unravel. America is rife with racial conflict, and his assassination sets the stage for the Civil Rights struggles from Jim Crow to Black Lives Matter.

Moment Of Truth

Chapter Two - The Most Dangerous County In America

As it is revealed that James Jordan was killed in Robeson County, North Carolina, we look into the dark history of this rural area, one filled with crime, racial injustice and corruption in law enforcement, bringing into question everything we thought we knew about the case.

The Night Caller

The Sting

When yet another horrific killing terrorizes the community and a man stands trial for killing his girlfriend, police set a trap for an elusive killer.

P!nk: All I Know So Far

A behind-the-scenes look at P!NK as she balances family and life on the road, leading up to her first Wembley Stadium performance on 2019’s “Beautiful Trauma” world tour. Painting With John Elephant John recounts how the obsession he and his brother shared for John Coltrane’s “Live at Birdland” resulted in an unfortunate Sunday breakfast and chronicles his epic quest to procure a live eel in Manhattan.

Q: Into The Storm The Storm Series finale. As QAnon-fueled conspiracies culminate in the U.S. Capitol siege, Hoback reveals the forces behind Q.

Secrets Of The Whales Ocean Giants On an epic journey that spans the world's oceans in Dominica, the Azores and Sri Lanka, witness the complex culture of the gentle giants. Relying solely on the next generation's ability to learn their intricate ways, family culture and secrets, the sperm whales' future rests upon its youngest members.

Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult Exposed Catherine begins the fight of her life to expose the cult and rescue her daughter. India, an indoctrinated slave master for Keith Raniere, becomes a potential co-conspirator when Raniere is charged. The final episode follows India’s painful awakening to Raniere’s decades-long history of terror and abuse.

76 Days

A look at life in the earliest days of the COVID-19 crisis in Wuhan, China, 76 Days focuses on frontline hospital workers and their patients, bearing witness to the human resilience that persists in times of profound tragedy.

Showbiz Kids

A look at the high-risk, high-reward business of child actors. Featuring Evan Rachel Wood, Henry Thomas (E.T.), Mara Wilson (Mrs. Doubtfire), the late Cameron Boyce (Jessie), Jada Pinkett Smith, plus two aspiring hopefuls, the film chronicles the price of fame/failure on a child.

The Social Dilemma

This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.

Strip Down, Rise Up

Strip Down, Rise Up is a film about a diverse group of women who heal their trauma and body-image issues through sensual movement and the art of pole dancing.

Supervillain: The Making Of Tekashi 6ix9ine Power

Fresh off the success of "Gummo," 6ix9ine's master plan is working - money, success and attention follow. He becomes a professional troll and quickly alienates the hip hop community. The feds close in and some in his inner circle sense impending doom.

The Titans That Built America

A New Generation Rises From the ashes of World War I, a new generation of leaders emerge — Titans of new industries who are transforming the nation. But as egos and rivalries come to dictate their actions, the country faces down the greatest financial crisis in history — the Great Depression. Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre The documentary takes a look at the birth of Black Wall Street and its catastrophic downfall over the course of two bloody days, the fallout and reconstruction, incorporating rare archival footage while weaving in present-day stories.

Voice Of Freedom (American Experience) Voice of Freedom interweaves the "Voice of the Century" Marian Anderson's life story with her landmark performance at Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, 1939. Informed by Anderson's battle for respect in a segregated country, the film explores fundamental questions about talent, race, fame, democracy, and the American soul.

The Vote (American Experience) One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote — a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.

Welcome To Chechnya This documentary exposes Chechnya’s underreported atrocities while highlighting a group of people who are confronting brutality head-on. The film follows these LGBTQ+ activists as they work undercover to rescue victims and provide them with safe houses and visa assistance to escape.

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