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Independent Lens and ITVS Receive 11 News and Documentary Emmy Nominations
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The News and Documentary Emmy nominations are in and several Independent Lens docs and ITVS-funded films have been recognized. You can find a complete list of all the nominated films after the jump.

Congratulations to the filmmakers!
Bhutto by Duane Baughman and Johnny O'Hara
- Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story – Long Form
Desert of Forbidden Art by filmmakers Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev
- Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music & Sound
A Film Unfinished by filmmaker Yael Hersonski
- Outstanding Historical Programming – Long Form
The Woodmans by filmmaker C. Scott Willis
- Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming
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Better This World by filmmakers Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway
- Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Long Form
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing – Documentary and Long Form
- Best Documentary
Last Train Home by filmmaker Lixin Fan
- Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting – Long Form
- Best Documentary
Where Soldiers Come From by filmmaker Heather Courtney
- Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story – Long Form