19th Annual Black Reel Awards Nominations

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