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Black Reel Awards

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    Black Reel

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    Best Actor

    • Morgan Freeman
      Winner
      • Morgan Freeman
      • Invictus
    • Souleymane Sy Savane
      • Souleymane Sy Savane
      • Goodbye Solo
    • Quinton Aaron
      • Quinton Aaron
      • The Blind Side
    • Jamie Foxx at an event for Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
      • Jamie Foxx
      • The Soloist
    • Denzel Washington
      • Denzel Washington
      • The Taking of Pelham 123

    Best Actress

    • Gabourey Sidibe at an event for Our Idiot Brother (2011)
      Winner
      • Gabourey Sidibe
      • Precious
    • Nicole Beharie
      • Nicole Beharie
      • American Violet
    • Sophie Okonedo
      • Sophie Okonedo
      • Skin
    • Maya Rudolph at an event for Shrek the Third (2007)
      • Maya Rudolph
      • Away We Go
    • Taraji P. Henson at an event for Larry Crowne (2011)
      • Taraji P. Henson
      • I Can Do Bad All by Myself

    Best Breakthrough Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Precious

      7.3 (119K)
      Gabourey Sidibe
    • [object Object]

      American Violet

      6.9 (2.9K)
      Nicole Beharie
    • [object Object]

      Notorious

      6.7 (47K)
      Jamal Woolard
    • [object Object]

      Goodbye Solo

      7.3 (6.2K)
      Souleymane Sy Savane
    • [object Object]

      The Blind Side

      7.6 (375K)
      Quinton Aaron

    Best Director

    • Lee Daniels in Precious (2009)
      Winner
      • Lee Daniels
      • Precious
    • George Tillman Jr.
      • George Tillman Jr.
      • Notorious
      • Scott Sanders
      • Black Dynamite
    • Spike Lee
      • Spike Lee
      • Passing Strange
    • Bill Duke
      • Bill Duke
      • Not Easily Broken

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Good Hair

      6.9 (6.3K)
      Jeff Stilson
    • [object Object]

      More Than a Game

      7.6 (5.8K)
      Kristopher Belman
    • [object Object]

      This Is It

      7.2 (43K)
      Kenny Ortega
    • [object Object]

      Great Performances

      7.9 (995)
      Spike Lee
      For the performance of Passing Strange
    • [object Object]

      Tyson

      7.4 (13K)
      James Toback

    Best Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Precious

      7.3 (119K)
      Billy Hopkins(Casting Director)
      Jessica Kelly(Casting Director)
    • [object Object]

      American Violet

      6.9 (2.9K)
      Susan Shopmaker(Casting Director)
    • [object Object]

      The Princess and the Frog

      7.2 (178K)
      Jen Rudin(Casting Director)
    • [object Object]

      Great Performances

      7.9 (995)
      Jay Binder(Casting Director)
    • [object Object]

      Notorious

      6.7 (47K)
      Tracy 'Twinkie' Byrd(Casting Director)
      Pamela Frazier(Casting Director)

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Precious

      7.3 (119K)
      Lee Daniels
      Gary Magness
      Sarah Siegel-Magness
    • [object Object]

      American Violet

      6.9 (2.9K)
      Bill Haney(Producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Blind Side

      7.6 (375K)
      Broderick Johnson
      Gil Netter
      Andrew A. Kosove
    • [object Object]

      The Princess and the Frog

      7.2 (178K)
      Peter Del Vecho
    • [object Object]

      Invictus

      7.3 (171K)
      Clint Eastwood
      Robert Lorenz
      Lori McCreary
      Mace Neufeld

    Best Independent Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Without Bias

      7.3 (360)
      Kirk Fraser
    • [object Object]

      Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness

      7.0 (18)
      Llewellyn M. Smith
    • [object Object]

      Still Bill

      7.8 (677)
      Damani Baker
      Alex Vlack

    Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Precious

      7.3 (119K)
      Geoffrey Fletcher
    • [object Object]

      Notorious

      6.7 (47K)
      Cheo Hodari Coker
      Reggie Rock Bythewood
    • [object Object]

      Black Dynamite

      7.4 (53K)
      Scott Sanders
      Michael Jai White
      Byron Minns
    • [object Object]

      Not Easily Broken

      6.1 (3.3K)
      Brian Bird
    • [object Object]

      The Blind Side

      7.6 (375K)
      John Lee Hancock

    Best Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Princess and the Frog

      7.2 (178K)
      Anika Noni Rose(Performer)
      Randy Newman(Writer)
      For the song "Almost There"
    • [object Object]

      Passing Strange

      8.1 (453)
      Stew(Writer, Performer)
      De'Adre Aziza(Performer)
      Daniel Breaker(Performer)
      For the song "Keys (Mariana)"
    • [object Object]

      I Can Do Bad All by Myself

      4.8 (11K)
      Mary J. Blige(Performer, Writer)
      Ne-Yo(Writer)
      Chuck Harmony(Writer)
      For the song "I Can Do Bad"
    • [object Object]

      The Princess and the Frog

      7.2 (178K)
      Anika Noni Rose(Performer)
      Randy Newman(Writer)
      For the song "Down in New Orleans"
    • [object Object]

      The Princess and the Frog

      7.2 (178K)
      Ne-Yo(Performer, Writer)
      For the song "Never Knew I Needed"

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Anthony Mackie at an event for The Hurt Locker (2008)
      Winner
      • Anthony Mackie
      • The Hurt Locker
    • Lenny Kravitz at an event for Entourage (2004)
      • Lenny Kravitz
      • Precious
    • Charles S. Dutton
      • Charles S. Dutton
      • American Violet
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor
      • Chiwetel Ejiofor
      • 2012
    • Derek Luke
      • Derek Luke
      • Madea Goes to Jail

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Mo'Nique
      Winner
      • Mo'Nique
      • Precious
    • Mariah Carey
      • Mariah Carey
      • Precious
    • Paula Patton
      • Paula Patton
      • Precious
    • Alfre Woodard
      • Alfre Woodard
      • American Violet
    • Zoe Saldaña
      • Zoe Saldaña
      • Avatar

    Best Voice Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Princess and the Frog

      7.2 (178K)
      Anika Noni Rose
    • [object Object]

      The Princess and the Frog

      7.2 (178K)
      Keith David
    • [object Object]

      Coraline

      7.8 (284K)
      Keith David
    • [object Object]

      Where the Wild Things Are

      6.7 (110K)
      Forest Whitaker
    • [object Object]

      Up

      8.3 (1.2M)
      Delroy Lindo

    Outstanding Independent Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mississippi Damned

      7.5 (1K)
      Tina Mabry
    • [object Object]

      The Tenant

      3.1 (714)
      Lucky Ejim
    • [object Object]

      Blue

      7.7 (96)
      Ryan Miningham
    • [object Object]

      This Is the Life

      6.9 (305)
      Ava DuVernay
    • [object Object]

      Sugar

      7.2 (5.3K)
      Ryan Fleck
      Anna Boden

    Best Independent Film

    • [object Object]

      Blue

      7.7 (96)
      Don Wallace
      Ryan Miningham
      Fight or Die Productions

    Best Independent Mini-Feature

    • [object Object]

      The Roe Effect

      7.4 (70)
      Kiel Adrian Scott

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    • FAAAF/Black Reel Awards

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