2023 BOLT Nominations
It’s finally time to unveil this year’s nominees!
The 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards (“The Bolts”) will stream on our site www.blackreelawards.com on Monday, February 6th at 8pm ET / 5 pm PT.
Additional details regarding our pre-show, special honorees and presenters will be announced at a later date.
Below is the complete list of nominees for the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards. Looking forward to everyone watching the big show on February 6th!
OUTSTANDING FILM
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Kevin Feige & Nate Moore, producers
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DEVOTION
Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill & Trent Luckinbill, producers
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NOPE
Jordan Peele & Ian Cooper, producers
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TILL
Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Reilly & Thomas Levine, producers
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THE WOMAN KING
Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Cathy Schulman & Julius Tennon, producers
OUTSTANDING ACTOR
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JOHN BOYEGA
BREAKING
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STERLING K. BROWN
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
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DANIEL KALUUYA
NOPE
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JONATHAN MAJORS
DEVOTION
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JEREMY POPE
THE INSPECTION
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS
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VIOLA DAVIS
THE WOMAN KING
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DANIELLE DEADWYLER
TILL
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ANNA DIOP
NANNY
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REGINA HALL
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
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LETITIA WRIGHT
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
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ELEGANCE BRATTON
THE INSPECTION
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GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD
THE WOMAN KING
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CHINONYE CHUKWU
TILL
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RYAN COOGLER
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
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JORDAN PEELE
NOPE
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
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BRIAN TYREE HENRY
CAUSEWAY
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MICHEAL WARD
EMPIRE OF LIGHT
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MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS
BREAKING
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BOKEEM WOODBINE
THE INSPECTION
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JEFFREY WRIGHT
THE BATMAN
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
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ANGELA BASSETT
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
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THUSO MBEDU
THE WOMAN KING
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JANELLE MONAE
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
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KEKE PALMER
NOPE
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GABRIELLE UNION
THE INSPECTION
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
RYAN COOGLER & JOE ROBERT COLE, WRITERS
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THE INSPECTION
ELEGANCE BRATTON, WRITER
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NANNY
NIKYATU JUSU, WRITER
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NOPE
JORDAN PEELE
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TILL
KEITH BEAUCHAMP, MICHAEL REILLY & CHINONYE CHUKWU, WRITERS
OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL FILM
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NEPTUNE FROST (RWANDA)
SAUL WILLIAMS & ANISIA UZEYMAN, DIRECTORS
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SAINT OMER (FRANCE)
ALICE DIOP, DIRECTOR
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
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AFTERSHOCK
PAULA EISLET & TONYA LEWIS LEE, DIRECTORS
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DESCENDANT
MARGARET BROWN, DIRECTOR
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IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?
ELVIS MITCHELL, DIRECTOR
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LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S BLACK & BLUES
SACHA JENKINS
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SIDNEY
REGINALD HUDLIN, DIRECTOR
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
SARAH FINN, CASTING DIRECTOR
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HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
SHANNON REIS, CASTING DIRECTOR
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THE INSPECTION
KIM COLEMAN, CASTING DIRECTOR
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TILL
KIM COLEMAN, CASTING DIRECTOR
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THE WOMAN KING
AISHA COLEY, CASTING DIRECTOR
OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE
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ZAZIE BEETZ
THE BAD GUYS
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IDRIS ELBA
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2
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KEKE PALMER
LIGHTYEAR
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ZOE SALDANA
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
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GABRIELLE UNION
STRANGE WORLD
OUTSTANDING SCORE
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ALICE
COMMON, COMPOSER
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END OF THE ROAD
CRAIG DELEON, COMPOSER
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NANNY
TANERÉLLE & BARTEK GLINIAK, composers
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NOPE
MICHAEL ABELS, COMPOSER
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THE WOMAN KING
TERENCE BLANCHARD, COMPOSER
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG
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"BORN AGAIN"
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
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"KEEP RISING"
THE WOMAN KING
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"LIFT ME UP"
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
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"PAPER AIRPLANES"
A JAZZMAN’S BLUES
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"STAND UP"
TILL
OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
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A JAZZMAN'S BLUES
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REMEMBER ME: THE MAHALIA JACKSON STORY
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TILL
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THE WOMAN KING
OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FILM
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EMERGENCY
CAREY WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR
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HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
ADAMMA EBO, DIRECTOR
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THE INSPECTION
ELEGANCE BRATTON, DIRECTOR
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MASTER
MARIAMA DIALLO, DIRECTOR
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NANNY
NIKYATU JUSU, DIRECTOR
OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM
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ANGOLA DO YOU HEAR US? VOICES FROM A PLANTATION PRISON
CINQUE NORTHERN, DIRECTOR
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ELEGY: MY TWO MONTHS IN HARLEM
ANDRE LAMBERTSON, DIRECTOR
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FANNIE
CHRISTINE SWANSON, DIRECTOR
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NEW MOON
JEREMIE BALAIS, RAUL DOMINGO & JEFFIG LE BARS, DIRECTORS
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NORTH STAR
P.J. PALMER, DIRECTOR
OUTSTANDING EMERGING DIRECTOR
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ELEGANCE BRATTON
THE INSPECTION
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ADAMMA EBO
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
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NIKYATU JUSU
NANNY
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ELVIS MITCHELL
IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?
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CAREY WILLIAMS
EMERGENCY
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
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JALYN HALL
TILL
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DARYL MCCORMACK
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
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JEREMY POPE
THE INSPECTION
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QUINTESSA SWINDELL
BLACK ADAM
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MICHEAL WARD
EMPIRE OF LIGHT
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS
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SHEILA ATIM
THE WOMAN KING
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CHARMAINE BINGWA
EMANCIPATION
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ANNA DIOP
NANNY
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THUSO MBEDU
THE WOMAN KING
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DOMINIQUE THORNE
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
OUTSTANDING FIRST SCREENPLAY
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HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOURL SOUL.
ADAMMA EBO, WRITER
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THE INSPECTION
ELEGANCE BRATTON, WRITER
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MASTER
MARIAMA DIALLO, WRITER
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NANNY
NIKYATU JUSU, WRITER
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ON THE COME UP
KAY OYEGUN, WRITER
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
AUTMUN DURALD ARKAPWA, CINEMATOGRAPHER
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EMANCIPATION
ROBERT RICHARDSON, CINEMATOGRAPHER
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NOPE
HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA, CINEMATOGRAPHER
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TILL
BOBBY BUKOWSKI, CINEMATOGRAPHER
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THE WOMAN KING
POLLY MORGAN, CINMETOGRAPHER
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
RUTH E. CARTER, COSTUME DESIGNER
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HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
LORRAINE COPPIN, COSTUME DESIGNER
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NANNY
CHARLESE ANTOINETTE JONES, COSTUME DESIGNER
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TILL
MARCI RODGERS, COSTUME DESIGNER
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THE WOMAN KING
GERSHA PHILLIPS, COSTUME DESIGNER
OUTSTANDING EDITING
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
MICHAEL P. SHAWVER, KELLEY DIXON & JENNIFER LAME, EDITORS
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I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
DAYSHA BROADWAY, EDITOR
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LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S BLACK & BLUES
JASON POLLARD & ALMA HERRERA-PAZMINO, EDITORS
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THIRTEEN LIVES
JAMES D. WILCOX, EDITOR
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THE WOMAN KING
TERILYN A. SHROPSHIRE, EDITOR
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
HANNAH BEACHLER, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
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DEVOTION
WYNN THOMAS, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
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NOPE
RUTH DE JONG, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
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TILL
CURTIS BEECH, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
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THE WOMAN KING
AKIN MCKENZIE, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
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OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
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OUTSTANDING SCORE
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OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM
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OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE (ZOE SALDANA)
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OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE (ZAZIE BEETZ)
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR (JEFFREY WRIGHT)
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OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR (QUINTESSA SWINDELL)
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OUTSTANDING FILM
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR (RYAN COOGLER)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS (LETITIA WRIGHT)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS (ANGELA BASSETT)
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG (“BORN AGAIN”)
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG (“LIFT ME UP”)
OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS (DOMINIQUE THORNE)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
OUTSTANDING EDITING
OUTSTANIDNG PRODUCTION DESIGN
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OUTSTANDING ACTOR (JOHN BOYEGA)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR (MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS)
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR (BRIAN TYREE HENRY)
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OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
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OUTSTANDING FILM
OUTSTANDING ACTOR (JONATHAN MAJORS)
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN
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OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM
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OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (CHARMAINE BINGWA)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY
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OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FILM
OUTSTANDING EMERGING DIRECTOR (CAREY WILLIAMS)
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR (MICHEAL WARD)
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR (MICHEAL WARD)
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OUTSTANDING SCORE
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OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS (JANELLE MONAE)
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OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR (DARYL MCCORMACK)
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OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FILM
OUTSTANDING ACTOR (STERLING K. BROWN)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS (REGINA HALL)
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
OUTSTANDING EMERGING DIRECTOR (ADAMMA EBO)
OUTSTANDING FIRST SCREENPLAY
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
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OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FILM
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR (ELEGANCE BRATTON)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR (JEREMY POPE)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR (BOKEEM WOODBINE)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS (GABRIELLE UNION)
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
OUTSTANDING EMERGING DIRECTOR (ELEGANCE BRATTON)
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR (JEREMY POPE)
OUTSTANDING FIRST SCREENPLAY
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OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
OUTSTANDING EMERGING DIRECTOR (ELVIS MITCHELL)
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OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG (“PAPER AIRPLANES”)
OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK
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OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE (KEKE PALMER)
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OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
OUTSTANDING EDITING
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OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FILM
OUTSTANDING FIRST SCREENPLAY
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OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FILM
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS (ANNA DIOP)
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY
OUTSTANDING SCORE
OUTSTANDING EMERGING DIRECTOR (NIYATU JUSU)
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS (ANNA DIOP)
OUTSTANDING FIRST SCREENPLAY
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
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OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL FILM
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OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM
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OUTSTANDING FILM
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR (JORDAN PEELE)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR (DANIEL KALUUYA)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS (KEKE PALMER)
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY
OUTSTANDING SCORE
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN
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OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM
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OUTSTANDING FIRST SCREENPLAY
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OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK
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OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL FILM
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OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
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OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE (IDRIS ELBA)
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OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE (GABRIELLE UNION)
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OUTSTANDING EDITING
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OUTSTANDING FILM
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR (CHINONYE CHUKWU)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS (DANIELLE DEADWYLER)
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG (“STAND UP”)
OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR (JALYN HALL)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN
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OUTSTANDING EDITING
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OUTSTANDING FILM
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR (GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS (VIOLA DAVIS)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS (THUSO MBEDU)
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
OUTSTANDING SCORE
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG (“KEEP RISING”)
OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS (SHEILA ATIM)
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS (THUSO MBEDU)
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
OUTSTANDING EDITING
OUTSTANIDNG PRODUCTION DESIGN