Awards

Sundance Film Festival - Audience Award for Best World Cinema Documentary January 2010
Berlin Film Festival - Panorama Audience Award for Best Film
- Amnesty International Human Rights Film Award		 February 2010
IDFA -Audience Award for Best Documentary November 2010
Full Frame Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Film April 2010
Dallas International Film Festival - Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary March 2010
Seattle International Film Festival - Best Documentary, Golden Space Needle Audience Award (tie) June 2010
Provincetown International Film Festival - HBO Audience Award, Best Documentary Feature June 2010
Maui International Film Festival - Audience Award for Best World Cinema Documentary June 2010
Paulinia Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Film
- Jury Award for Best Film		 July 2010
Durban International Film Festival - Best Documentary
- Audience Choice Best Film
- Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award		 August 2010
EcoFocus Film Festival - Human Spirit Award
- Audience Award for Best Feature Film		 October 2010
Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival - People's Choice Award for Best Documentary Film October 2010
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival - Jury Award October 2010
Heartland Film Festival - Crystal Heart Award October 2010
Vancouver International Film Festival - Rogers People's Choice Award October 2010
Såo Paulo Internacional Film Festival
 - Itamaraty Award for Best Documentary  November 2010
Amazonas Film Festival
 - Jury Award November 2010
Stockholm International Film Festival - Silver Audience Award November 2010
IDA Awards

- Best Documentary

- Pare Lorentz Award

 December 2010
Rotten Tomatoes  - Golden Tomato Award, Best reviewed Documentary  January 2011
Wild & Scenic Festival  - Best of Festival  January 2011
Frozen River Film Festival  - Jury Award  January 2011
Princeton Environmental Film Festival  - Best of Festival   February 2011
Academy Awards®  - Nominated Best Documentary Feature  February 2011      
Sedona International Film Festival             - Best Documentary                                                                                 February 2011      
AARP Awards                  - Best Documentary                                                                                  February 2011      
Boulder International Film Festival            -  KEEN Hybrid Filmmaker Award                                                          March  2011          
Environmental Film Fest (EFFY)                -  Audience Award (TIE)                                                                            April  2011             
Levante Int. Film Festival                            

-  Best Film                                                                                                  

-  Best Editing                                                                  

 September 2011