"Unapologetic" is among the 2021 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards Best Feature shortlist, Indiewire announced Wednesday. This awards group provides early insight into the year's possible Oscar contenders.
The IDA will present 16 awards, including Best Feature, Best Short, Best Curated Series, Best Episodic Series and more. Honorees will be announced on Tuesday, November 10. Nominees will be announced on Tuesday, November 24, along with the other awards recipients.
The IDA will select up to 10 nominees from the feature and short shortlists.
IDA members will be invited to watch each of the feature and shorts nominees and then vote to decide the winners. The 2020 Awards will be presented at a virtual ceremony in January 2021.
After two Black Chicagoans are killed, millennial organizers challenge an administration complicit in state violence against its residents. Told through the lens of Janaé and Bella, two fierce abolitionist leaders, Unapologetic is a deep look into the Movement for Black Lives, from the police murder of Rekia Boyd to the election of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Director/Producer: Ashley O'Shay
Producer: Morgan Johnson
Executive Producer: Yvonne Welbon, Gordon Quinn, Jolene Pinder
