'' White Light/Black Rain '' was named by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of 15 films considered for nomination as the Best Documentary Feature for the 80th Academy Awards . It was not included among the five nominees . The film was also a nominee for the Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award at the 2008 Producers Guild Awards and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival . It did win the 2008 " Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking " Primetime Emmy Award
80th Academy Awards
80th Academy Awards
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki