16th Black Reel Award Winners: Creed Punches Its Way to the Top
The boxing drama Creed delivered a TKO at the 16th Black Reel Awards, winning five awards: Outstanding Film, Outstanding Director (Ryan Coogler, Outstanding Actor (Michael B. Jordan) Outstanding Supporting Actress (Tessa Thompson) and Outstanding Screenplay (Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington). For a look at the full list of nominations go here.
[box type=”shadow” align=”aligncenter” class=”” width=””]“Bolstered by strong award-winning performances from its two leads, Ryan Coogler’s winning Rocky-spinoff, Creed, punched its way to the head of its class and is a worthy addition to our gallery of Outstanding Film winners,” said Black Reel Awards founder and Executive Director, Tim Gordon.[/box]
Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq found love with an Outstanding Actress win for Teyonah Parris and Screen Actors Guild winner Idris Elba won Best Supporting Actor for Beasts of No Nation. The trans comedy Tangerine won the Outstanding Independent Film award.
[box type=”shadow” align=”aligncenter” class=”” width=””]“With all the dialogue swirling around regarding the exclusion of African-American films and performances, the Black Reel Awards continues to fulfill its initial mission by establishing itself as the pre-eminent institution that annually values and honors Black excellence in films,” said Gordon.[/box]
On television, Bessie and American Crime dominated and Bokeem Woodbine won Outstanding Supporting Actor for Fargo.
The Black Reel Awards (BRAs), created in 2000, annually honors African-American and people of African descent in achievement in feature, independent and television films.
Complete list of winners:
Outstanding Film
Creed
(Sylvester Stallone, Irwin Winkler, David Winkler, Robert Chartoff, William Chartoff, Kevin King-Templeton, Producers)
Outstanding Director
Ryan Coogler | Creed
Outstanding Actor
Michael B. Jordan | Creed
Outstanding Actress
Teyonah Parris | Chi-Raq
Outstanding Supporting Actor
Idris Elba | Beasts of No Nation
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Tessa Thompson | Creed
Outstanding Screenplay
Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington | Creed
Outstanding Documentary
What Happened, Miss Simone? | Liz Garbus
Outstanding Ensemble
Straight Outta Compton | Victoria Thomas and Cindy Tolan
Outstanding Foreign-Language Film
Girlhood | Céline Sciamma (France)
Outstanding Score
Joseph Trapanese | Straight Outta Compton
Outstanding Original Song
“See You Again” | Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth (Furious 7)
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
Abraham Attah | Beasts of No Nation
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
Kiersey Clemons | Dope
Outstanding Voice Performance
Rihanna | Home
INDEPENDENT
Outstanding Independent Film
Tangerine | Sean Baker
Outstanding Independent Documentary
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Blues | Carol Bash
Outstanding Independent Short
Addiction | Danny Dzhurayev
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TELEVISION
Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series
Bessie | Ron Schmidt, Producer
Outstanding TV Documentary or Special
The Wiz Live! | Kenny Leon
Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
David Oyelowo | Nightingale
Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series
Queen Latifah | Bessie
Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series
Bokeem Woodbine | Fargo
Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series
Regina King | American Crime
Outstanding Director, TV Movie or Limited Series
Dee Rees | Bessie
Outstanding Screenplay, TV Movie or Limited Series
John Ridley | American Crime
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