2009 Silver Docs Film Festival Awards
2009 Silver Docs Film Festival: June 15-22 in Washington, D.C.


Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher's October Country (top) depicts the multi-generational story of an American working-class family coping with myriad problems, from poverty to war. Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey's Mugabe and the White African chronicles the fight of a white family to protect their land from deranged Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe.
Sterling US Feature Award: OCTOBER COUNTRY
Sterling World Feature Award: MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN
Sterling Short Award: 12 NOTES DOWN
Special Jury Mention: SALT
Music Documentary Award: RISEUP
Special Jury Mention: SOUL POWER
The Cinematic Vision Award: OLD PARTNER
The WITNESS Award Goes: GOOD FORTUNEĀ
Writers Guild of America Documentary Screenplay Award: OFF AND RUNNING
ACE Grant Winner: CINEMA CHIMP
Feature Audience Award: THE COVE
Short Audience Award: 12 NOTES DOWN
Silver Docs Film Festival Site
Silver Docs Film Festival: 2009
Well i hope that some of those winning docs will become available on dvd or on cable or pay per view