Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction has won seven categories at the 24th Annual Black Reel Awards including Outstanding Film, Outstanding Director, and Outstanding Lead Performance for Jeffrey Wright. With five wins in total, Jefferson broke the record for most individual wins in a single night. Elsewhere, The Color Purple picked up nine awards including Outstanding Supporting Performance for Danielle Brooks, Outstanding Breakthrough Performance for Fantasia Barrino, and Outstanding Ensemble.
Winners in bold below.
Outstanding Film
American Fiction
The Color Purple
Origin
Rustin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Outstanding Director
Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple
Ava DuVernay, Origin
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Michael B. Jordan, Creed III
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Outstanding Lead Performance
Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
John Boyega, They Cloned Tyrone
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Origin
Jamie Foxx, The Burial
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chevalier
Michael B. Jordan, Creed III
Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One
Sophie Wilde, Talk to Me
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Erika Alexander, American Fiction
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Viola Davis, Air
Colman Domingo, The Color Purple
Jamie Foxx, They Cloned Tyrone
Taraji P. Henson, The Color Purple
Jonathan Majors, Creed III
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Jurnee Smollett, The Burial
Outstanding Screenplay
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Ava DuVernay, Origin
Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black, Rustin
Tony Rettenmaier and Juel Taylor, They Cloned Tyrone
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Outstanding Documentary
American Symphony
Kokomo City
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Stamped From the Beginning
Outstanding International Film
Brother (Canada)
Our Father, the Devil (Cameroon)
Rye Lane (UK)
Outstanding Independent Film
A Thousand and One
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Earth Mama
How I Learned to Fly
Rye Lane
Outstanding Short Film
Alive in Bronze: Huey P. Newton (A.K. Sandhu)
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney (Nazenet Habtezghi)
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games (Joe Brewster & Michele Stpehenson)
The Dads (Luchina Fisher)
The Last Repair Shop (Kris Bowers & Ben Proudfoot)
Outstanding Ensemble
American Fiction
The Blackening
The Color Purple
Rustin
They Cloned Tyrone
Outstanding Voice Performance
Ariana DeBose, Wish
Ayo Edebiri, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Brian Tyree Henry, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Daniel Kaluuya, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Outstanding Emerging Director
Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple
Raven Jackson, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Juel Taylor, They Cloned Tyrone
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance
Halle Bailey, The Little Mermaid
Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Jerrod Carmichael, Poor Things
Archie Madekwe, Grand Turismo
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, The Color Purple
Tia Nomore, Earth Mama
Vivian Oparah, Rye Lane
Dewayne Perkins, The Blackening
Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One
Outstanding First Screenplay
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Raven Jackson, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Marcus Gradley, The Color Purple
Savanah Leaf, Earth Mama
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Outstanding Cinematography
Jomo Fray, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Jody Lee Lipes, Earth Mama
D. Smith, Kokomo City
Olan Collardy, Rye Lane
Henry Adebonojo and Antonio Rossi, Silver Dollar Road
Outstanding Editing
Jon Poll, The Color Purple
D. Smith, Kokomo City
Spencer Averick, Origin
Michael Andrews, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Saira Haider, They Cloned Tyrone
Outstanding Production Design
Karen Murphy, Chevalier
Paul D. Austerberry, The Color Purple
Hannah Beachler, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Mark Ricker, Rustin
Patrick O’ Keefe, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Outstanding Costume Design
Charlese Antoinette Jones, Air
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, The Color Purple
Beyoncé and Shiona Turini, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Toni-Leslie James, Rustin
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, They Cloned Tyrone
Outstanding Hairstyling & Makeup
Carla Farmer, Air
Shandrea Williams, Bottoms
Lawrence Davis and Carol Rasheed, The Color Purple
Melissa Forney and Beverly Jo Pryor, Rustin
Craig Carter, A Thousand and One
Outstanding Score
Jon Batiste, American Symphony
Kris Bowers, Chevalier
Kris Bowers, The Color Purple
Brandford Marsalias, Rustin
Desmond Murray and Pierre Charles, They Cloned Tyrone
Outstanding Original Song
“Am I Dreaming” from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
“It Never Went Away” from American Symphony
“Keep It Movin’” from The Color Purple
“My House” from Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
“Road to Freedom” from Rustin
Outstanding Soundtrack
The Color Purple
Creed III
The Little Mermaid
Rustin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse