The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26 , 2013 . It also aired in the United Kingdom on BBC Four as part of their '' Storyville '' strand of documentaries and in the United States on Showtime on July 31 , 2013 . The documentary won the NAACP Image Award for Best Television Documentary and editor , Chris A. Peterson , was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing
NAACP Image Award for Best Television Documentary
45th NAACP Image Awards
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