- Academy of Motion Pictures: Oscar Short List – Number Six of the Top Ten Documentaries
- Academy of Motion Pictures + Sundance Film Festival Present
"Sundance Film Festival in Tokyo" (1991) :
Ten Best American Independent Films Over Past Two Years - American Film & Video Festival: Red Ribbon
- Atlanta Film Festival: Special Jury Award
- Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Award
- Chicago International Film Festival: Silver Hugo
- Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival of Film
- CINE Golden Eagle
- International Film & Television Film Festival (New York): Finalist
- Margaret Mead Film Festival (New York)
- National Film & Video Film Festival: Gold Apple
- New York International Film Festival of Lesbian and Gay Film
- North Carolina Film Festival: Documentary Award
- On Screen: A Celebration of Women in Film (San Francisco)
- Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- San Francisco International Film Festival: Golden Gate Award
- Seattle International Film Festival
- Sinking Creek Film & Video Festival (Nashville, Tennessee): Sinking Creek Award
- Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky…)
- Sundance Film Festival (1990): Special Tribute (not in competition because it had already been aired on PBS)
- Sundance Film Festival in Tokyo (1991): One of "Ten Best American Independent Films" from the past two years
- Telluride Film Festival (Colorado)
- Virginia Festival of American Film
- Ten Best Indie Films, Sundance
- Oscar Short List #6 / Top Ten Docs, Academy Awards
- Golden Gate Award, San Francisco
- Gold Apple, NFVF
- Red Ribbon, AFVF
- Silver Hugo, Chicago
- Sinking Creek Award, Nashville
- Special Jury Award, Atlanta
- Documentary Award, North Carolina
- Black Filmmakers, Hall of Fame
- Cine Golden Eagle
- Amiens International Film Festival (France)
Banff World Media Festival (Canada): Rockie Award, Finalist
Berlin Film Festival / American Independents in Berlin (Germany): AIB Tribute
Cinéma du Réel (Paris, France)
Dok Leipzig (Germany)
Festival di Populi (Florence, Italy): Premio di Recerca
Festroia International Film Festival (Troia, Potugal)
Hong Kong International Film Festival
IDFA / International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Holland)
INPUT '90 (Canada) (international forum held in a different country each year): Special Tribute
International Documentary Film Festival (Vienna, Prague & Budapest)
Istanbul International Film Festival (Turkey): Special Tribute
Jerusalem Film Festival (Israel)
London International Film Festival (England)
Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia)
Munich International Film Festival (Germany)
New Zealand International Film Festival (Auckland, Wellington, Christ Church…)
Nyon Documentary Film Festival / Visions du Réel (Switzerland): Silver Sesterce
Sydney Film Festival (Australia): Audience Award
Torino GLBT Film Festival (Italy)
Valladolid International Film Festival (Spain)
USIA in Japan (Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Sapporo…)
Weekly Mail Film Festival (Johannesburg & Cape Town, South Africa)
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (Japan) - Audience Award, Sydney
- Silver Sesterce, Nyon
- Premio di Recerca, Festival di Populi
- AIB Tribute, Berlin
- Finalist, Banff
- Special Tribute, Istanbul
JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET
Over 50 Film Festivals Worldwide
Dozens of Awards & Honors
U.S. Laurels:
International:
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