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The winners of the 8th African American Film Critics Associations have been announced with Moonlight taking Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Independent Film and a shared win with Hidden Figures for Janelle Monáe’s breakout in both films.
Loving and Fences were also recognized in top categories and the animated film Zootopia, with its race and class-based theme, won Animated Film. Ava DuVernay’s film 13TH won Documentary.
The full list of winners:
BEST PICTURE – MOONLIGHT – (A24)
BEST DIRECTOR – BARRY JENKINS, MOONLIGHT – (A24)
BEST ACTOR – DENZEL WASHINGTON, FENCES– (Paramount)
BEST ACTRESS – RUTH NEGGA, LOVING – (Focus Features)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – MAHERSHALA ALI, MOONLIGHT – (A24)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: VIOLA DAVIS, FENCES (Paramount)
BEST ENSEMBLE – THE CAST OF HIDDEN FIGURES (20TH Century Fox)
BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE 2017 – JANELLE MONAE, MOONLIGHT AND HIDDEN FIGURES
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM – MOONLIGHT (A24)
BEST ANIMATION FILM – ZOOTOPIA (Disney)
BEST SONG – “VICTORY” from HIDDEN FIGURES (20th Century Fox)
BEST DOCUMENTARY – 13TH (Netflix)
BEST FOREIGN FILM – TANNA (Lightyear Entertainment)
BEST SCREENPLAY – AUGUST WILSON, FENCES – (Paramount)
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