Judas and the Black Messiah Named Best Picture by African American Film Critics Association

Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah has been named Best Picture by the African American Film Critics Association. The film also picked up Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Daniel Kaluuya and Dominique Fishback respectively and King was awarded with Breakout Director. Regina King’s One Night in Miami was also a big winner with awards for Best Director for King, Best Screenplay for Kemp Powers, and Best Ensemble. Full list of winners below.

Best Picture
Judas and the Black Messiah

Top 10 Films
Judas and the Black Messiah
One Night in Miami
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nomadland
Night of the Kings
American Skin
Da 5 Bloods
Minari
Miss Juneteenth
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Director
Regina King, One Night In Miami

Best Actor
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Actress
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Supporting Actress
Dominique Fishback, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Screenplay
Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami

Best Ensemble
One Night in Miami

Best Foreign Film
Night of the Kings

Best Documentary
All In: The Fight for Democracy

Best Animation
Soul

Best Short Film 
Two Distant Strangers

Breakout Performance
Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version

Breakout Director
Shaka King, Judas and the Black Messiah