Awards & Festivals | The First Step

AWARDS
Best Documentary Feature | Oxford Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature | Boston GlobeDocs
Best Documentary Feature | Bozeman International Film Festival
Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature | Lakefront Film Festival
Best Social Justice Feature Film | Lane Documentary Film Festival
2nd Runner-up for Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature | Woods Hole Film Festival
Finalist | Evident Change Media For a Just Society Awards
DOC NYC 40 Under 40 List — Producer Lance Kramer
Best Director Award | Berkeley Springs Film Festival

FILM FESTIVALS
AFI DOCS
Woods Hole Film Festival
Bentonville Film Festival
Bozeman International Film Festival
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
Detroit Free Press “FREEP” Film Festival
Big Eddy Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
Chesapeake Film Festival
Tucson Film & Music Festival
Dallas International Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Heartland Film Festival
Boston Globe “GlobeDocs” Film Festival
Tallgrass Film Festival
Philadelphia International Film Festival
United Nations Association Film Festival
Central Scotland Documentary Film Festival
Virginia Film Festival
St. Louis International Film Festival
Denver Film Festival
Lone Star Film Festival
River's Edge International Film Festival
Lake County Film Festival
Hawaii International Film Festival
Big Water Film Festival
Oxford Film Festival
Sarasota Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
DC International Film Festival
Pure Nonfiction
Pan African Film Festival
DOXA
Lakefront Film Festival
Queen City Film Festival
All Rise Film & Law Festival
Black Harvest Film Festival
Three Rivers Film Festival