22nd Annual Black Reel Award Winners

Motion Picture Categories

 

Outstanding Motion Picture

King Richard

Will Smith, Tim White & Trevor White, producers

 

Outstanding Actor

Will Smith | King Richard

Outstanding Actress

Tessa Thompson | Passing

Outstanding Director

Jeymes Samuel | The Harder They Fall

Outstanding Supporting Actor

Colman Domingo | Zola

Outstanding Supporting Actress

Aunjanue Ellis | King Richard

Outstanding Screenplay

Passing

Rebecca Hall, writer

Outstanding Documentary Feature

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, director

Outstanding Foreign-Language Film

African America (South Africa)

Muzi Mthembu, director

Outstanding Voice Performance

Maya Rudolph | The Mitchells vs. the Machines

 

Music Categories

 

Outstanding Score

The Harder They Fall

Jeymes Samuel, composer

 

Outstanding Original Song

“Automatic Woman” (Bruised)

H.E.R. (performer)
H.E.R. Brittany Hazzard & Van Hunt (songwriters)

 

Independent Categories

 

Outstanding Independent Feature

Zola

Janicza Bravo, director

 

Outstanding Short Film

Coffee

Jordan Pitt, director

Outstanding Independent Documentary

100 Years From Mississippi

Tarabu Betserai Kirkland, director

 

Breakthrough Categories

 

Outstanding Emerging Director

Jeymes Samuel | The Harder They Fall

 

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male

Anthony Ramos | In the Heights

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female

Ariana DeBose | West Side Story

Outstanding First Screenplay

Passing

Rebecca Hall

 

Professional Categories

 

Outstanding Ensemble

The Harder They Fall

Victoria Thomas, casting director

 

Outstanding Cinematography

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Bruno Delbonnel, cinematographer

Outstanding Costume Design

The Harder They Fall

Antoinette Messam, costume designer

Outstanding Editing

The Harder They Fall

Tom Eagles, editor

Outstanding Production Design

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Stefan Dechant, production designer

 

 

 
 
 
 

REEL FACTS

  • African America

    Third film from South Africa to win Outstanding Foreign-Language Film

  • Ariana DeBose - West Side Story

    Second performance to win Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female for a Musical

    Second Afro-Latina actress to win Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female

  • Colman Domingo - Zola

    First Afro-Latino to win Outstanding Supporting Actor

  • Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard

    Seventh performance to win Outstanding Supporting Actress for a playing a real person

  • Rebecca Hall - Passing

    First actress to win Outstanding Screenplay and First Screenplay

    Third person to win both Outstanding Screenplay & First Screenplay in the same year

    Sixth woman to win for Outstanding Screenplay

    Fourth woman to win for Outstanding First Screenplay

  • The Harder They Fall

    Most BRAs wins for a Western

    Most wins of the year without winning Outstanding Film (6)

    Most nominations without winning Outstanding Film (20)

    Tied with Black Panther to for the most wins in the Professional Categories (3)

    First Western to win Outstanding Editing and Costumes

  • King Richard

    Ninth biopic to win Outstanding Film

    Thirteenth Outstanding Film winner to not win for Outstanding Director

    Eighth film to win for Outstanding Actor & Outstanding Supporting Actress for the same film

  • Anthony Ramos - In the Heights

    First performance to win Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male for a musical

    Second oldest winner in this category (30)

    First actor of Puerto Rican descent to win Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male

  • Maya Rudolph - The Mitchells vs. the Machines

    Third woman to win Outstanding Voice Performance

    Most acting nominations before first award. Rudolph won her first Black Reel Award on her 10th nomination.

  • Jeymes Samuel - The Harder They Fall

    Third person to win both the Outstanding Director and Emerging Director categories in the same year.

    First person to win as a Director and Composer in the same year

    First Musician to win Outstanding Director and Emerging Director

    First Director to win Outstanding Director and Emerging Director for a Western

  • Will Smith - King Richard

    First musician to win as a Producer for Outstanding Film

    First musician to win for Outstanding Actor

    Second person to win as a producer and actor for the same film

    Tenth performance to win Outstanding Actor for playing a real person

  • Tessa Thompson - Passing

    Third person and second actress to achieve the “Black Reel Award Triple-Crown Acting Award”

    Fourth actress to win in both Lead and Supporting Actress categories

  • Victoria Thomas - The Harder They Fall

    Most wins for Outstanding Ensemble (3)

  • The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Second film shot in Black & White to win Outstanding Cinematography

    Third film to win in the Professional Categories without a major film win (Film, Acting, Directing or Writing)