After another year of being inside, the documentaries of 2021 have provided us with plenty of adventure. They have inspired a sense of looking all around you, or of going back into history to understand how we got to wherever the hell we are now. With filmmaking that continues to redefine what makes a documentary, these features have given us a sense of what’s on our minds, whether it’s immediate issues like journalism, the refugee crisis, policing, the ongoing pandemic, or less immediate but timeless issues, like the chords of a band that will always inspire.

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After taking six Critics Choice Documentary Awards over the weekend, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s “Summer of Soul” was honored with four nominations from the 2021 IDA Documentary Awards. The 2021 Sundance Film Festival winner and expected Oscar Documentary frontrunner earned nominations in the Best Feature, Best Director, Best Music Documentary and Best Editing categories. The other Best Feature nominees include “Apenas el sol (Nothing but the Sun),” “Faya Dayi,” “FLEE,” “In The Same Breath,” “Jacinta,” “North by Current,” “Not Going Quietly,” “Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker” and “Writing with Fire.”

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Other films with multiple nominations included Jessica Beshir’s “Faya Dayi” and Nicholas Bruckman’s “Not Going Quietly with three each.

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