NAACP Image Award Nominees

The television, music, and literary nominees can be found at www.naacpimageawards.net
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Outstanding Motion Picture

"Jumping the Broom" (TriStar Pictures)
"Pariah" (Focus Features)
"The First Grader" (National Geographic Entertainment)
"The Help" (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone Pictures)
"Tower Heist" (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Eddie Murphy - "Tower Heist" (Universal Pictures)
Laurence Fishburne - "Contagion" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Laz Alonso - "Jumping the Broom" (TriStar Pictures)
Oliver Litondo - "The First Grader" (National Geographic Entertainment)
Vin Diesel - "Fast Five" (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Adepero Oduye - "Pariah" (Focus Features)
Emma Stone - "The Help" (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone Pictures)
Paula Patton - "Jumping the Broom" (TriStar Pictures)
Viola Davis - "The Help" (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone Pictures)
Zoë Saldana - "Colombiana" (TriStar Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Anthony Mackie - "The Adjustment Bureau" (Universal Pictures)
Charles Parnell - "Pariah" (Focus Features)
Don Cheadle - "The Guard" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jeffrey Wright - "The Ides of March" (Columbia Pictures)
Mike Epps - "Jumping the Broom" (TriStar Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Bryce Dallas Howard - "The Help" (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone
Pictures)
Cicely Tyson - "The Help" (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone Pictures)
Kim Wayans - "Pariah" (Focus Features)
Maya Rudolph - "Bridesmaids" (Universal Pictures)
Octavia Spencer - "The Help" (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

"I Will Follow" (AFFRM)
"Kinyarwanda" (AFFRM)
"MOOZ-lum" (AFFRM)
"Pariah" (Focus Features)
"The First Grader" (National Geographic Entertainment)

Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture

"A Separation" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Attack the Block" (Screen Gems)
"In the Land of Blood and Honey" (FilmDistrict)
"Le Havre" (Janus Films)
"Life, Above All" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Outstanding Documentary - (Theatrical or Television)

"Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey" (Submarine Deluxe)
"Sing Your Song" (HBO Documentary Films)
"The Rescuers" (Michael King Productions)
"Thunder Soul" (Roadside Attractions)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)

Alrick Brown - "Kinyarwanda" (AFFRM)
Ann Peacock - "The First Grader" (National Geographic Entertainment)
Dee Rees - "Pariah" (Focus Features)
Elizabeth Hunter, Arlene Gibbs - "Jumping the Broom" (TriStar Pictures)
Tate Taylor - "The Help" (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone Pictures)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture - (Theatrical or Television)

Alrick Brown - "Kinyarwanda" (AFFRM)
Angelina Jolie - "In the Land of Blood and Honey" (FilmDistrict)
Dee Rees - "Pariah" (Focus Features)
Salim Akil - "Jumping the Broom" (TriStar Pictures)
Tate Taylor - "The Help" (DreamWorks Pictures/Participant Media/Touchstone Pictures)