Nominations

• Best Feature Documentary, 74th Annual Academy Awards
• Emmy Award, Carlos Bolado for Best Editor
• Best Documentary, IFP Spirit Awards
• Truer than Fiction Award, IFP Spirit Awards

Awards (selection)

• 2003 One World Broadcast Trust Award for the Children's Rights Category, UK.
• 2002 Emmy Award “Best Documentary”
• 2002 Emmy Award “Outstanding Background Analysis”
• 2002 The NBR Freedom of Expression Citation National Board of Review
• 2002 The Michael Landon Award for Community Service to Youth Twenty-Third Annual Young Artist Awards
• 2001 Rotterdam International Film Festival. Audience Award and Best Film
• 2001 Munich Film Festival Freedom of Expression Award
• 2001 Jerusalem Film Festival Special Festival Award
• 2001 Locarno International Film Festival Special Ecumenical Jury Prize
• 2001 San Francisco International Film Festival Audience Award, Best Documentary Grand Prize, Best Documentary Golden Gate Award, Documentary Film
• 2001 Vancouver International Film Festival Audience Award, Diversity in Spirit Award
• 2001 Hamptons International Film Festival Best Documentary
• 2001 Sao Paulo International Film Festival Best Documentary Audience Award
• 2001 Valladolid International Film Festival Best Documentary
• 2001 Paris International Film Festival (Rencontres) Audience Award-Best Film