The 17th Annual Black Reel Award Nominations

Outstanding Motion Picture
13th
Fences
Loving
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Outstanding Actor, Motion Picture
Don Cheadle | Miles Ahead!
Nate Parker | The Birth of a Nation
Parker Sawyers | Southside With You
Denzel Washington | Fences
Denzel Washington | The Magnificent Seven

Outstanding Actress, Motion Picture
Taraji P. Henson | Hidden Figures
Royalty Hightower | The Fits
Sasha Lane | American Honey
Ruth Negga | Loving
Madina Nwalanga | Queen of Katwe

Outstanding Director, Motion Picture
Don Cheadle | Miles Ahead!
Antoine Fuqua | The Magnificent Seven
Barry Jenkins | Moonlight
Nate Parker | The Birth of a Nation
Denzel Washington | Fences

Outstanding Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Jovan Adepo | Fences
Mahershala Ali | Moonlight
Stephen McKinley Henderson | Fences
Andre Holland | Moonlight
Ashton Sanders | Moonlight

Outstanding Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Viola Davis | Fences
Naomie Harris | Moonlight
Janelle Monae | Hidden Figures
Janelle Monae | Moonlight
Lupita Nyong’o | Queen of Katwe

Outstanding Screenplay, Motion Picture
The Birth of a Nation | Nate Parker
Fences | August Wilson
Keanu | Jordan Peele & Alex Rubens
Miles Ahead! | Don Cheadle & Steven Baigelman
Moonlight | Barry Jenkins

Outstanding Documentary Feature
13th
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
Miss Sharon Jones!
O.J.: Made in America

Outstanding Foreign Language Film
Aisha (Tanzania)
Divines (France)
Eye of the Storm (Burkina Faso)
Lamb (Ethiopia)
Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It (Niger)

Outstanding Ensemble
The Birth of a Nation
Fences
Hidden Figures
Keanu
Moonlight

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
Jovan Adepo | Fences
Markees Christmas | Morris From America
Alex Hibbert | Moonlight
Trevante Rhodes | Moonlight
Ashton Sanders | Moonlight

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
Royalty Hightower | The Fits
Leslie Jones | Ghostbusters
Aja Naomi King | The Birth of a Nation
Sasha Lane | American Honey
Janelle Monae | Hidden Figures

Outstanding Voice Performance
Idris Elba | Finding Dory
Idris Elba | The Jungle Book
Idris Elba | Zootopia
Dwayne Johnson | Moana
Lupita Nyong’o | The Jungle Book

Outstanding Score
The Birth of a Nation | Henry Jackman
Fences | Marcelo Zarvos
Hidden Figures | Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams & Hans Zimmer
Miles Ahead! | Robert Glasper
Moonlight | Nicholas Britell

Outstanding Original Song
“A Letter to the Free” from 13th | Performed by: Common & Bilal; Written by: Common
“Back to Life” from Queen of Katwe | Performed by: Alicia Keys; Written by: Alicia Keys, Illangelo & Billy Walsh
“I’m Still Here” from Miss Sharon Jones! | Written & Performed by: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
“Start” from Southside With You | Written & Performed by: John Legend
“Surrender” from Hidden Figures | Performed by: Lalah Hathaway & Pharrell Williams; Written by: Pharrell Williams

Outstanding Independent Feature
American Honey
How to Tell You’re a Douchebag
Hunter Gatherer
The Land
Morris From America

Outstanding World Cinema Motion Picture
Ayanda (South Africa)
The Cursed Ones (Ghana)
Where the Road Runs Out (Equatorial Guinea)

Outstanding Independent Short
#Whereisbeauty
2 Fists Up
$15 Kicks
86-32
Black Card

Outstanding Emerging Filmmaker
Steven Caple, Jr. | The Land
Ezra Edelman | O.J.: Made in America
Tahir Jetter | How to Tell You’re a Douchebag
Rita Coburn Whack | Maya Angelou and Still I Rise
Yared Zeleke | Lamb

Outstanding First Screenplay
Lamb | Yared Zeleke
The Land | Steven Caple, Jr.
Price of Love | Hermon Hailay

Outstanding TV Doc or Special
Beyonce: Lemonade
Black America Since MLK: Still I Rise
Hamilton’s America
Jackie Robinson
Streets of Compton

Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series
American Crime
Confirmation
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Roots

Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
Michael Ealy | “Secrets & Lies”
Cuba Gooding Jr. | “The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”
Malachi Kirby | “Roots”
Wendell Pierce | Confirmation
Courtney B. Vance | “The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”

Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series
Rhyon Nicole Brown | Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le
Audra McDonald | Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Sophie Okonedo | “The Hollow Crown: The War of Roses”
Teyonah Parris | Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
Kerry Washington | Confirmation

Outstanding Director, TV Movie or Limited Series
Angela Bassett | “American Horror Story: Roanoke” : Season 6, Episode 6
Thomas Carter | “Roots” : Night 3
Anthony Hemingway | “The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story” : “The Dream Team”
John Ridley | “American Crime”: Season 2, Episode 1
John Singleton | “The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”: The Race Card

Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
Andre Benjamin | “American Crime”
Sterling K. Brown | “The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”
Curtis Hamilton | Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge, Michel’le
Tip “T.I.” Harris | “Roots”
Michael K. Williams | “The Night Of… ”

Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series
Angela Bassett | “American Horror Story: Roanoke”
Emayatzy Corinealdi | “Roots”
Regina King | “American Crime”
Anika Noni Rose | “Roots”
Keesha Sharp | “The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story”

Outstanding Screenplay/Writing, TV Movie or Limited Series
“American Crime” (Season Two, Episode One) | Written by: John Ridley
Jean of the Joneses | Written by: Stella Meghie
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story | Written by: Christine Swanson & Rhonda Baraka
“The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story” (“The Race Card”) | Written by: Joe Robert Cole
“The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story” (“A Jury in Jail”) | Written by: Joe Robert Cole