23rd Annual Black Reel Awards

Presenters

  • Jahi Winston

  • Courtney B. Vance

  • Salli Richardson-Whitfield

  • Jasmine Cephas Jones

  • Tananarive Due

  • Cassie Freeman

  • Cory Hardrict

  • Ruth E. Carter

  • Quintessa Swindell

  • Cheryl Dunye

  • Quvenzhane Wallis

  • Colman Domingo

  • Kasi Lemmons

  • Tasha Smith

  • Siddiq Saunderson

  • Mike "Fish" Fiskin

  • Derica Cole Washington

Courtney B. Vance, Ruth E. Carter, Colman Domingo, Jasmine Cephas Jones & Salli Richardson-Whitfield round out this year’s presenters for the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards.

This year’s all star lineup includes:

  • Ruth E. Carter - 2-time Black Reel & Academy Award winning Costume Designer (Black Panther, Dolemite is My Name, Malcolm X)

  • Lonita Cook - Film Critic

  • Colman Domingo - 2-time Black Reel & Emmy Award winning actor (Zola, “Euphoria”, “Fear of the Walking Dead”)

  • Tananarive Due - Author

  • Cheryl Dunye - Black Reel Award winning Director (“Bridgerton”, “Queen Sugar”)

  • Shawn Edwards - Film Critic & Executive Producer (“Celebration of Black Cinema”)

  • Jamaal Finkley - Film Critic & Founder of BlackTreeMedia

  • Mike “Fish” Fishkin - Host of idobi radio’s “Gone Fishkin”

  • Cassie Freeman - Actress (“Bel-Air”, “Atlanta”, “The Last O.G.”)

  • Cory Hardrict - Actor (“All American: Homecoming”, “The Chi”)

  • Travis Hopson - Film Critic

  • Jasmine Cephas Jones - Actress (Hamilton, “Blindspotting”)

  • Kasi Lemmons - Black Reel Award nominated Director & Writer (Eve’s Bayou, Harriet, Talk to Me)

  • Omar Moore - Film Critic (The Popcorn Reel)

  • Salli Richardson-Whitfield - Black Reel Award-nominated Director & Actress (“Eureka”, “Queen Sugar”, “The Gilded Age”)

  • Siddiq Saunderson - Actor (“Wu-Tang: An American Saga”)

  • Tasha Smith - Actress & Director (Why Did I Get Married?, “BMF”, “Empire”)

  • Quintessa Swindell - Black Reel Award nominated actor (Black Adam)

  • Quvenzhane Wallis - 2-time Black Reel Award Winning & Academy Award-nominated Actress (“Swagger”, Beasts of the Southern Wild)

  • Derica Cole Washington - Costume Designer (Zola, Selma, “Being Mary Jane”)

  • Sharronda Williams - Film Critic

  • Jahi Winston - Actor (Proud Mary, “The New Edition Story”)

  • Courtney B. Vance - 3-time Black Reel & Emmy Award-winning Actor (“Lovecraft Country”, “The People vs. OJ Simpson”)