Ryan Coogler, Barry Jenkins, Spike Lee, Steve McQueen, Boots Riley. Quite a formidable line-up, right. The Black Reel award nominations demonstrate the profession of black cinema. I mean, not many would argue with those give directors making the Oscars shortlist. Check out nominations here:
Outstanding Motion Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkkKlansman
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
Widows
Outstanding Actor
Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther
Stephan James, If Beale Street Could Talk
Michael B. Jordan, Creed II
LaKeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman
Outstanding Actress
Viola Davis, Widows
Regina Hall, Support the Girls
Kiki Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk
Zoe Renee, Jinn
Amandla Stenberg, The Hate You Give
Outstanding Director
Ryan Coogler, Black Panther
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Steve McQueen, Widows
Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
Outstanding Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Brian Tyree Henry, If Beale Street Could Talk
Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Daniel Kaluuya, Widows
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Danai Gurira, Black Panther
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Simone Missick, Jinn
Lupita Nyong’o, Black Panther
Letitia Wright, Black Panther
Outstanding Screenplay
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sorry to Bother You
Widows
Outstanding Ensemble
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sorry to Bother You
Widows
Outstanding Documentary
Amazing Grace
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Quincy
Whitney
Outstanding Foreign Language/ World Cinema Motion Picture
Green Days by the River (Trinidad & Tobago)
Lionheart (Nigeria)
Rafiki (Kenya)
Vaya (South Africa)
Where Hands Touch (UK)
Outstanding Voice Performance
Mahershala Ali, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Taraji P. Henson, Ralph Breaks the Internet
Brian Tyree Henry, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Samuel L. Jackson, The Incredibles 2
Shamiek Moore, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Outstanding Score
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Creed II
The Hate U Give
If Beale Street Could Talk
Outstanding Original Song
“All the Stars” (Black Panther), Kendrick Lamar & SZA
“I’ll Fight” (RBG), Jennifer Hudson
“Love Lies” (Love, Simon), Khalid & Normani
“Pray For Me” (Black Panther), The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar
“We Won’t Move” (The Hate U Give), Arlissa
Outstanding Independent Feature
A Boy. A Girl. A Dream.
Jinn
Monsters and Men
Roxanne Roxanne
Yardie
Outstanding Independent Documentary
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Lorainne Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/ Feeling
Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me
Outstanding Short
Funk Force, Desmond Levi Jackson
Hair Wolf, Mariama Diallo
Jump, Kofi Siriboe, director
The Tale of Four, Gabourey Sidibe, director
WTFIMH: What the F*ck Is Mental Health, Kofi Siriboe, director
Outstanding Emerging Director
Idris Elba, Yardie
Reinald Marcus Green, Monsters and Men
Rashida Jones, Quincy
Nijla Mu’min, Jinn
Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting
Winston Duke, Black Panther
Donald Glover, Solo: A Star Wars Story
Brian Tyree Henry, If Beale Street Could Talk
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
Cynthia Erivo, Bad Times at the El Royale
Laura Harrier, BlacKkKlansman
Kiki Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk
Zoe Renee, Jinn
Letitia Wright, Black Panther
Outstanding First Screenplay
Blindspotting
Jinn
Monsters and Men
Roxanne Roxanne
Sorry to Bother You
Outstanding Cinematography
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Widows
A Wrinkle In Time
Outstanding Costume Design
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sorry to Bother You
A Wrinkle In Time
Outstanding Production Design
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Wrinkle In Time
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