Nominee, Outstanding Film

Nomination History

This is the first Black Reel Award nomination and first nomination in this category for Lawrence Bender.

In addition to his nominations for Outstanding Song for “Guns Go Bang” and the “The Harder They Fall” for The Harder They Fall this is the fifth Black Reel Award nomination for Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and his first nomination in this category.

• 2011 - Nominee, Outstanding Song | “Run This Town” (Brooklyn’s Finest)

• 2013 - Nominee, Outstanding Song | “No Church in the Wild” (Safe House)

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Film | The Harder They Fall

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Song | “Guns Go Bang” (The Harder They Fall)

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Song | “The Harder They Fall” (The Harder They Fall)

This is the sixth Black Reel Award nomination (overall) and nomination in this category for James Lassiter.

• 2002 - Nominee, Outstanding Film | Ali

• 2002 - Nominee, Outstanding Film | Hitch

• 2002 - Nominee, Outstanding Film | The Pursuit of Happyness

• 2008 - Nominee, Outstanding Film | The Secret Life of Bees

• 2008 - Nominee, Outstanding Film | Seven Pounds

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Film | The Harder They Fall

In addition to his nominations for Outstanding Director, Screenplay, Score, Song “Guns Go Bang” & “The Harder They Fall”, & Emerging Director for The Harder They Fall this is the eight Black Reel Award nomination for Jeymes Samuel and his first nomination in this category.

• 2014 - Nominee, Outstanding Short Film | They Die by Dawn

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Film | The Harder They Fall

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Director | The Harder They Fall

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Screenplay | The Harder They Fall

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Score | The Harder They Fall

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Original Song | “Guns Go Bang” (The Harder They Fall)

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Original Song | “The Harder They Fall” (The Harder They Fall)

• 2022 - Nominee, Outstanding Emerging Director | The Harder They Fall

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