EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Eye Honors said that Eyes on the Prize, the landmark civil rights docuseries that first aired on public television in 1987, will receive the group’s 2019 Legacy Award. The honor will be bestowed January 10 during the 12th annual Cinema Eye Honors awards ceremony in New York.

“For me and so many others, Eyes on the Prize was a transformational cinematic experience, artfully crafting the history of a nation into an unforgettable story,” Cinema Eye board co-chair Dawn Porter said Thursday. “Countless filmmakers have been inspired by this elegant body of work.”

Created and by the late Henry Hampton’s Blackside, the 14-part Eyes on the Prize is considered the definitive documentary record of the American civil rights era, tracing the country’s long and brutal march toward equality and the fight to end decades of discrimination and segregation. It aired in two parts, the first covering the years 1954–1965 and the second from 1965–1985.

As part of the Legacy honor, Cinema Eye on January 9 will screen an episode at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, where the awards ceremony is being held the next night. The screening will be followed by a conversation with writer-director-producers Orlando Bagwell, Callie Crossley and Sam Pollard, series producer Jon Else, and writer/director/senior producer Judith Vecchione.

“It’s hard to overstate the importance of this series. It captured a crucial chapter of American history and shared it with millions of viewers, opening eyes and challenging hearts,” Cinema Eye board co-chair Marshall Curry said. “And for a generation of documentary filmmakers, its craft, style, journalistic thoroughness, and emotional power became the gold standard that we all still strive to reach.”

The Cinema Eye Honors, which celebrate outstanding artistry and craft in nonfiction film, will also bestow awards in 10 categories at the ceremony. Minding the Gap, Bing Liu’s autobiographical portrait of friendship and family violence that just won the marquee honor at the IDA Documentary Awards, leads with seven nominations.

Here’s the full list of noms recently announced:

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

Bisbee ‘17

Directed by Robert Greene | Produced by Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliot and Douglas Tirola

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Directed by RaMell Ross | Produced by Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim and RaMell Ross

Minding the Gap

Directed by Bing Liu | Produced by Bing Liu and Diane Moy Quon

Of Fathers and Sons

Directed by Talal Derki | Produced by Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert and Hans Robert Eisenhauer

Three Identical Strangers

Directed by Tim Wardle | Produced by Grace Hughes-Hallett and Becky Read

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Directed by Morgan Neville | Produced by Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma and Morgan Neville

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

Robert Greene | Bisbee ‘17

RaMell Ross | Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Bing Liu | Minding the Gap

Talal Derki | Of Fathers and Sons

Sandi Tan | Shirkers

Outstanding Achievement in Production

Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliot and Douglas Tirola | Bisbee ‘17

Stephen Maing, Ross Tuttle and Eric Daniel Metzgar | Crime + Punishment

Josh Lowell, Phillip Manderla and Peter Mortimer | The Dawn Wall

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill | Free Solo

Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert and Hans Robert Eisenhauer | Of Fathers and Sons

Daniel McCabe, Geoff McLean and Alyse Ardell Spiegel | This is Congo

Outstanding Achievement in Editing

RaMell Ross | Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Julien Faraut | John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection

Joshua Altman and Bing Liu | Minding the Gap

Michael Harte | Three Identical Strangers

Jeff Malmberg and Aaron Wickenden | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Jarred Alterman | Bisbee ‘17

Shevaun Mizrahi | Distant Constellation

Jimmy Chin, Clair Popkin and Mikey Schaeffer | Free Solo

RaMell Ross | Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Emmanuel Gras | Makala

Bing Liu | Minding the Gap

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score

Keegan DeWitt | Bisbee ‘17

Travis Wilkerson | Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?

Marco Beltrami | Free Solo

Nathan Halpern and Chris Ruggiero | Minding the Gap

Ishai Adar | Shirkers

Dan Deacon | Time Trial

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation

Syd Garon, Anton Goddard and Chris Kirk | Bathtubs Over Broadway

Toby Cornish | Beuys

Patrick Mate | Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Shofela Coker | Liyana

Lucas Cellar and Sandi Tan | Shirkers

Ariel Costa and Rodrigo Miguel Rangel | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

América | Directed by Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll

Distant Constellation | Directed by Shevaun Mizrahi

Hale County This Morning, This Evening | Directed by RaMell Ross

Minding the Gap | Directed by Bing Liu

Shirkers | Directed by Sandi Tan

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking

Baby Brother | Directed by Kamau Bilal

Concussion Protocol | Directed by Josh Begley

My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes | Directed by Charlie Tyrell

Skip Day | Directed by Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas

Volte | Directed by Monika Kolecka and Karolina Poryzala

Spotlight Award

The Distant Barking of Dogs | Directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont

Island of Hungry Ghosts | Directed by Gabrielle Brady

The Other Side of Everything | Directed by Mila Turajlic

Roll Red Roll | Directed by Nancy Schwartzman

The Silence of Others | Directed by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar

A Woman Captured | Directed by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter

Audience Choice Prize

Bathtubs Over Broadway | Directed by Dava Whisenant

Free Solo | Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. | Directed by Stephen Loveridge

Minding the Gap | Directed by Bing Liu

On Her Shoulders | Directed by Alexandria Bombach

Quincy | Directed by Rashida Jones and Al Hicks

RBG | Directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West

Shirkers | Directed by Sandi Tan

Three Identical Strangers | Directed by Tim Wardle

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Directed by Morgan Neville

Outstanding Achievement in a Nonfiction Film for Broadcast

Baltimore Rising | Directed by Sonja Sohn | HBO

Believer | Directed by Don Argott | HBO

The Final Year | Directed by Greg Barker | HBO

I Am Evidence | Directed by Trish Adlesic and Geeta Gandbhir | HBO

Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press | Directed by Brian Knappenberger | Netflix

This is Home: A Refugee Story | Directed by Alexandra Shiva | Epix

Outstanding Achievement in a Nonfiction Series for Broadcast

America to Me | Directed by Steve James | Starz

Evil Genius | Directed by Trey Borzilleri and Barbara Schroeder | Netflix

Flint Town | Directed by Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper and Jessica Dimmock | Netflix

The Fourth Estate | Directed by Liz Garbus | Showtime

The Trade | Directed by Matthew Heineman | Showtime

Wild Wild Country | Directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way | Netflix

Heterodox Award

American Animals | Directed by Bart Layton

Obscuro Barroco | Directed by Evangelia Kranioti

Skate Kitchen | Directed by Crystal Moselle

The Tale | Directed by Jennifer Fox

We the Animals | Directed by Jeremiah Zagar

Unforgettables

(non-competitive honor)

Annette Ontell | 306 Hollywood

América | América

Issei Sagawa | Caniba

Alex Honnold | Free Solo

Julita Salmerón | Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle

Nick Bollettieri | Love Means Zero

M.I.A. | Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.

Kiere Johnson, Bing Liu and Zack Mulligan | Minding the Gap

Abu Osama | Of Fathers and Sons

Nadia Murad | On Her Shoulders

Ruth Bader Ginsburg | RBG

Scotty Bowers | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Georges Cardona, Jasmine Ng, Sophie Siddique and Sandi Tan | Shirkers

Edward Galland, David Kellman and Robert Shafran | Three Identical Strangers

Fred Rogers | Won’t You Be My Neighbor?