The Doc'n Roll Jury Award for Documentary of the Year is an annual honour chosen by our Festival Jury. They bestow the award to the best of the best of the music documentary films screened at our annual Doc'n Roll London festival.
The 2022 winner:
Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande
Commended by the jury:
This is National Wake
Rewind and Play: Thelonious Monk
Also shortlisted for 2022:
Lee Fields: A Faithful Man
God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines: Detroit Techno
What You Could Not Visualise: Rema-Rema
Award winners from 2015 to 2021
2021 The Rumba Kings, directed by Alan Brain
2020 Phil Lynott: Songs for While I’m Away, directed by Emer Reynolds
2019 The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion, directed by Farah X and Lisa Cortes
2018 Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records, directed by Nicolas Jack Davies
2017 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World, directed by Catherine Bainbridge
2016 Placebo: Alt-Russia, directed by Charlie Targett-Adams
2015 Morphine: Journey of Dreams, directed by Mark Shuman