Reinaldo Marcus Green’s King Richard, about the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, was the big winner from the Black Film Critics Circle, who announced today. Winners were first revealed in Variety.
The film was named Best Picture and also garnered wins for Will Smith as Best Actor, Aunjanue Ellis as Best Supporting Actress and for Zach Baylin’s original screenplay.
Tessa Thompson won Best Actress for Passing and Kodi Smit-McPhee won Supporting Actor for The Power of the Dog, which also won Jane Campion the adapted screenplay award.
Dennis Villeneuve won Best Director for Dune, which also took the cinematography prize for Greig Fraser. The Harder They Fall was the year’s best ensemble as well as the group’s #2 film.
The org’s special awards went to Janicza Bravo for Zola (Pioneer Award), Jeymes Samuel (Rising Star Award) for The Harder They Fall and a Special Mention for Questlove, director of documentary winner Summer of Soul.
Here is the full list of winners, signature awards and top 10 films from the Black Film Critics Circle for 2021.
Best Picture: King Richard (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Director: Denis Villeneuve, Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Actor: Will Smith, King Richard (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Actress: Tessa Thompson, Passing (Netflix)
Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Supporting Actress: Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Original Screenplay: Zach Baylin, King Richard (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Adapted Screenplay: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Cinematography: Greig Fraser, Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Documentary: Summer of Soul (Hulu/Searchlight Pictures)
Animated Film: The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Netflix)
Foreign Film: The Hand of God (Netflix)
Ensemble: The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
BFCC Signature Awards
Pioneer Award: Janicza Bravo, Zola (A24)
Rising Star: Jeymes Samuel, The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
Special Mention: Questlove
Top 10 Films
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