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McMillions (stylized as McMillion$) is a documentary miniseries about the McDonald's Monopoly promotion scam that occurred between 1989 and 2001. Directed by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte, the series details how the scam was perpetrated by Jerry Jacobson, [1] the head of security for the agency that ran the promotion, and how he recruited a wide range of accomplices.
Films about lotteries, a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery.
The second series aired in 2013 on BBC One. [4] It revolves around another syndicate in a similar situation. [5] It was written by Kay Mellor. The series looks at a syndicate involving workers at a public hospital in Bradford, Yorkshire. Series 2 began on BBC One on 19 March 2013 and consisted of 6 episodes. [6]
The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film is an award for documentary films. In 1941, the first awards for feature-length documentaries were bestowed as Special Awards to Kukan and Target for Tonight. [1] They have since been bestowed competitively each year, with the exception of 1946. [2]
The three finalists are a destitute bookie who is desperate to find money to pay his debts to other criminals and finds his sweepstakes ticket when he recovers an elderly woman's purse from a thief; Bonnie Jones, a young unemployed cocktail waitress who is romantically pursued by Norman Townes, a trustee of her inheritance who buys a lottery ...
Matthew Heineman's American Symphony led the nominations with six, followed by Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Kokomo City, and 20 Days in Mariupol, with five nominations each. [3] The category for Best True Crime Documentary was introduced. American documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee was honored with the Pennebaker Award (Lifetime Achievement ...
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films) Black Twitter: A People's History (Hulu / Onyx Collective) The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix) Jim Henson Idea Man (Disney+) Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (Cohen Media Group) Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (Kino Lorber)
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series is handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony. The award was established in 2013 as the awards restructured previous categories for Outstanding Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Nonfiction Special.