Tyler Perry’s The Six Triple Eight has won Outstanding Motion Picture at the 56th NAACP Image Awards. The film also picked up wins for Outstanding Actress for Kerry Washington, Outstanding Supporting Actress and Outstanding Breakthrough Performance for Ebony Obsidian, and Outstanding Ensemble Cast. Elsewhere, RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys took home awards for Outstanding Director for Ross, Outstanding Screenwriting for Ross and co-writer Joslyn Barnes, and Outstanding Cinematography. KeKe Palmer was named Entertainer of the Year.
Winners in bold below.
Entertainer of the Year
Cynthia Erivo
Keke Palmer
Kendrick Lamar
Kevin Hart
Shannon Sharpe
Outstanding Motion Picture
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Sony Pictures)
Bob Marley: One Love (Paramount Pictures)
The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
The Six Triple Eight (Netflix)
Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Documentary (Film)
Daughters (Netflix)
Frida (Amazon MGM Studios)
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones (Freestyle Digital Media)
Luther: Never Too Much (Sony Music Entertainment/Sony Music Publishing/CNN Films) (WINNER)
The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Jeymes Samuel — The Book of Clarence (Sony Pictures)
Malcolm Washington — The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
RaMell Ross — Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) (WINNER)
Reinaldo Marcus Green — Bob Marley: One Love (Paramount Pictures)
Steve McQueen — Blitz (Apple Original Films)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
André Holland, “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (Roadside Attractions)
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing” (A24)
John David Washington, “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Kingsley Ben-Adir, “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Pictures)
Martin Lawrence, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” (Sony Pictures)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked” (Universal Pictures)
Kerry Washington, “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Lashana Lynch, “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Pictures)
Lupita Nyong’o, “A Quiet Place: Day One” (Paramount Pictures)
Regina King, “Shirley” (Netflix)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Brian Tyree Henry, “The Fire Inside” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Corey Hawkins, “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
David Alan Grier, “The American Society of Magical Negroes” (Focus Features)
Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II” (Paramount Pictures)
Samuel L. Jackson, “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (Roadside Attractions)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, “Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Danielle Deadwyler, “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Ebony Obsidian, “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Lynn Whitfield, “Albany Road” (Faith Filmworks)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Albany Road (Faith Filmworks)
Exhibiting Forgiveness (Roadside Attractions)
Rob Peace (Republic Pictures)
Sing Sing (A24)
We Grown Now (Sony Pictures Classics)
Outstanding International Motion Picture
El lugar de la otra (Netflix)
Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (NEON)
The Wall Street Boy, Kipkemboi (ArtMattan Films)
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture
Brandon Wilson, “Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing” (A24)
Danielle Deadwyler, “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Ebony Obsidian, “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Ryan Destiny, “The Fire Inside” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
Bob Marley: One Love (Paramount Pictures)
The Book of Clarence (Sony Pictures)
The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
The Six Triple Eight (Netflix)
Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Kung Fu Panda 4 (DreamWorks Animation)
Moana 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Piece by Piece (Focus Features)
The Wild Robot (DreamWorks Animation)
Outstanding Character Voice–Over Performance – Motion Picture
Aaron Pierre, “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Anika Noni Rose, “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Ayo Edebiri, “Inside Out 2” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Blue Ivy Carter, “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Lupita Nyong’o, “The Wild Robot” (DreamWorks Animation)
Outstanding Short Form (Live Action)
Chocolate with Sprinkles (AFI)
Definitely Not a Monster
If They Took Us Back
My Brother & Me (MeowBark Films)
Superman Doesn’t Steal
Outstanding Short Form (Animated)
if(fy) (OTB/The Hidden Hand Studios)
Nate & John (Unity Animation Project, LLC)
Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz “Jackie Robinson” (Exhibit Treal Studios)
Self (Pixar Animation Studios)
Walk in the Light (419 Studios)
Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)
David Fortune, “Color Book” (Tribeca Studios)
Malcolm Washington, “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
RaMell Ross, “Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Titus Kaphar, “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (Roadside Attractions)
Zoë Kravitz, “Blink Twice” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Outstanding Youth Performance in a Motion Picture
Anthony B. Jenkins, “The Deliverance” (Netflix)
Blake Cameron James, “We Grown Now” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jeremiah Daniels, “Color Book” (Tribeca Studios)
Percy Daggs IV, “Never Let Go” (Lionsgate)
Skylar Aleece Smith, “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Outstanding Cinematography in a Motion Picture
Andrés Arochi, “Longlegs” (NEON)
Jomo Fray, “Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Justin Derry, “She Taught Love” (Andscape)
Lachlan Milne, “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (Roadside Attractions)
Rob Hardy, “The Book of Clarence” (Sony Pictures)