Black Reel Awards: ‘Black Panther’ roars with 10 wins; ‘Beale Street’ with four

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Black Panther dominated the 19th Black Reel Awards with record-breaking 10 wins, including Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Actor (Chadwick Boseman), Outstanding Supporting Actor (Michael B. Jordan) and Outstanding Director (Ryan Coogler). The film had a record-setting 17 nominations.

Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk was next with four major wins including Outstanding Actress (KiKi Layne) and Outstanding Supporting Actress (Regina King).

Sorry to Bother You, from first-time director Boots Riley, won three including Outstanding Screenplay.

Here is the full list of winners of the 19th Black Reel Awards.

Outstanding Motion Picture
Black Panther | Kevin Feige, producer

Outstanding Actor
Chadwick Boseman | Black Panther

Outstanding Actress
Kiki Layne | If Beale Street Could Talk

Outstanding Director
Ryan Coogler | Black Panther

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Michael B. Jordan | Black Panther

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Regina King | If Beale Street Could Talk

Outstanding Screenplay
Sorry to Bother You | Boots Riley

Outstanding Ensemble
Black Panther | Sarah Finn, casting director

Outstanding Documentary Feature
Quincy | Rashida Jones & Alan Hicks, directors

Outstanding Foreign-Language/World Cinema Motion Picture
Lionheart (Nigeria) | Genevieve Nnaji, director

Outstanding Voice Performance
Shameik Moore | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Outstanding Score
If Beale Street Could Talk | Nicholas Britell, composer

Outstanding Original Song
“All the Stars” (Black Panther) | Kendrick Lamar & SZA (performers)

Outstanding Independent Feature
Jinn | Nijla Mumin

Outstanding Independent Documentary
Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me | Samuel D. Pollard, director

Outstanding Short Film
The Tale of Four | Gabourey Sidibe, director

Outstanding Emerging Director
Boots Riley | Sorry to Bother You

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
Winston Duke | Black Panther

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
Letitia Wright | Black Panther

Outstanding First Screenplay
Sorry to Bother You | Boots Riley

Outstanding Cinematography
If Beale Street Could Talk | James Laxton, cinematographer

Outstanding Costume Design
Black Panther | Ruth E. Carter, costume designer

Outstanding Production Design
Black Panther | Hannah Beachler, production designer

Wins by Film

Black Panther – 10 wins
Outstanding Motion Picture
Outstanding Actor – Chadwick Boseman
Outstanding Director – Ryan Coogler
Outstanding Supporting Actor – Michael B. Jordan
Outstanding Ensemble
Outstanding Original Song – “All the Stars” (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male – Winston Duke
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female – Letitia Wright
Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Production Design

If Beale Street Could Talk – 4 wins
Outstanding Actress – Kiki Layne
Outstanding Supporting Actress – Regina King
Outstanding Score
Outstanding Cinematography

Jinn – 1 win
Outstanding Independent Feature

Lionheart – 1 win
Outstanding Foreign-Language/World Cinema Motion Picture

Quincy – 1 win
Outstanding Documentary Feature

Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me – 1 win
Outstanding Independent Documentary

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – 1 win
Outstanding Voice Performance – Shameik Moore

Sorry to Bother You – 3 wins
Outstanding Screenplay
Outstanding Emerging Director – Boots Riley
Outstanding First Screenplay

The Tale of Four – 1 win
Outstanding Short Film

Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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