As part of its Duke Art and the Environment Initiative, the Nicholas School sponsored a new award in 2011 to recognize the best environmentally themed film at Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies' Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, an annual international event dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of nonfiction cinema.

The Nicholas School of the Environment Film Award carries a $5,000 cash prize.

This years award was giving to "Pit No. 8"

A trailer of the film can be viewed below, and you can read more about the film on the .

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