The Special Award New York Film Festival 1986 Anthropos Special Award Los Angeles 1987 The Gold Award Houston International Film Festival 1988 The Silver Apple US Film and Video Festival 1988 The Blue Ribbon The American Film and Video Festival 1988 Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York 1988 The Special Award Society for Visual Anthropology 1989 International Emmy Best Arts Documentary 1991 Silver Plaque Chicago International Film Festival 1991 Melbourne Film Festival 1991 Edinburgh International Film Festival 1991 Amsterdam International Documentary Festival 1991 Rotterdam Film Festival 1992 Human Rights Watch New York 1992 Leipzig Film Festival 1994 Lisbon Film Festival 1994 Jerusalem Film Festival 1994 Krakow Film festival 1994 The Amnesty International Award of 2000 Royal Television Society Best Documentary 2002 The Rory Peck Award 2002 The Edward R. Morrow Award 2002 Royal Television Society Best Documentary Award 2005