The Great Invisible

Director

Margaret Brown

Year

2014
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A documentary on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion as seen through the eyes of oil executives, survivors, and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it first-hand and then were left to pick up the pieces while the world moved on.

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**WINNER – Cinema Eye Honors 2024**
Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

**WINNER – Cinema Eye Honors 2024**
Outstanding Original Score

**WINNER – Cinema Eye Honors 2024**
Outstanding Sound Design

**NOMINEE — 5 Cinema Eye Honors 2024**

 **TOP 5 DOCS OF 2023 — National Board of Review**

**WINNER — Cinema Audio Society Awards 2024**

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Picture – Documentary

**WINNER — Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards 2024**
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary

**NOMINEE 2 Critics Choice Documentary Awards 2023**

**NOMINEE — Hollywood Professional Association 2023**
Outstanding Sound – Documentary

“Quietly devastating. Mesmerizing.”
– Andrew O’Hehir, Salon
“​​Brown seamlessly blends the emotional, intimate stories of people with bigger pictures, using the explosion as the starting point for a ripple effect that just keeps growing.”
– Stephanie Merry, The Washington Post
“A uniquely thought-provoking chronicle.”
– Justin Chang, Variety
“Quietly devastating. Mesmerizing.”
– Andrew O’Hehir, Salon
“​​Brown seamlessly blends the emotional, intimate stories of people with bigger pictures, using the explosion as the starting point for a ripple effect that just keeps growing.”
– Stephanie Merry, The Washington Post
“A uniquely thought-provoking chronicle.”
– Justin Chang, Variety

**WINNER** SXSW Film Festival 

Grand Jury Award Best Documentary Feature 

 

Cinema Eye Honors Awards Nominee 

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score

 

 

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