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Legacy Award

The Legacy Award is given to a film that embodies the Cinema Eye mission statement of recognizing and honoring exemplary craft and innovation in nonfiction film as well as being a film that has inspired a new generation of filmmakers to create art in the nonfiction realm.

  1. Recipient · 2026

    Burden of Dreams

2026 Honors

2026 Honors

4 Honorees

Previous Years

2025 Honoree Hearts and Minds
Recipient · 2025

Hearts and Minds

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2024 Honoree The Decline of Western Civilization Trilogy
Recipient · 2024

The Decline of Western Civilization Trilogy

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2023 Honoree Crumb
Recipient · 2023

Crumb

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2022 Honoree The Watermelon Woman
Recipient · 2022

The Watermelon Woman

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2020 Honoree Koyaanisqatsi
Recipient · 2020

Koyaanisqatsi

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