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Unforgettables

The Unforgettables list of the year’s most notable and significant nonfiction film subjects is our annual recognition and celebration of the unique collaboration between filmmakers and their subjects.

2015 Honorees

2015 Unforgettables

17 Honorees · 15 films

Unforgettable · 2015

Nick Cave

in 20,000 Days on Earth

Unforgettable · 2015

Brandy Burre

Unforgettable · 2015

Mark Landis

in Art and Craft

Unforgettable · 2015

Edward Snowden

Unforgettable · 2015

John Wojtowicz

Unforgettable · 2015

Anna Neistat

Unforgettable · 2015

Alejandro Jodorowsky

in Jodorowsky’s Dune

Unforgettable · 2015

Clark Terry

in Keep On Keepin’ On

Unforgettable · 2015

Chaz Ebert & Roger Ebert

Unforgettable · 2015

Bob & Marcel

in Ne Me Quitte Pas

Unforgettable · 2015

Jay Reinke

in The Overnighters

Unforgettable · 2015

Matthew VanDyke

in Point and Shoot

Unforgettable · 2015

Abdul Basset Saroot

in Return to Homs

Unforgettable · 2015

Shep Gordon

in Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

Unforgettable · 2015

Pam Brooks

in Tales of the Grim Sleeper

Previous Years

Honorees

Pug in 12 O’Clock Boys
Lisa Fischer in 20 Feet From Stardom
Anwar Congo in The Act of Killing
Susan Robinson in After Tiller
Shelley Sella in After Tiller
Chris “Wonder” Schoeck in Bending Steel
Tilikum in Blackfish
Kevin Pearce in The Crash Reel
David Pearce in The Crash Reel
Ushio Shinohara in Cutie and the Boxer
Noriko Shinohara in Cutie and the Boxer
Edwin Honig in First Cousin Once Removed
Freda Kelly in Good Ol’ Freda
Neil Platt in I Am Breathing
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Rafea in Rafea: Solar Mama
Michael Polley in Stories We Tell
William Kamkwamba in William and the Windmill

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