Black Reel Awards of 2024

24th Black Reel Awards
24th Black Reel Awards
Date	January 16, 2024
Highlights
Most awards	The Color Purple (9)
Most nominations	The Color Purple (19)
Outstanding Film	American Fiction

The 24th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2023, took place on January 16, 2024; the combined film and television award ceremonies were presented together.^[1]^[2]^[3] The film nominations were announced on December 14, 2023.^[1]^[4]^[5] During the ceremony, the winners of the 7th Annual Black Reel Television Awards were announced; the television ceremony was initially scheduled for August 14, 2023, but was changed due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, which took place from May 2 to November 9.^[6]

The film adaptation of the Broadway Tony Award-winning musical The Color Purple received the most nominations with nineteen, setting the mark for the most nominations for a musical film, followed by Rustin with ten.^[4] American actor Colman Domingo was honored with the inaugural Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award, named after the late Chadwick Boseman.^[7] American television producer Shonda Rhimes was honored with the Diahann Carroll Executive Award.^[8]

Film winners and nominees

Outstanding Film	Outstanding Director
American Fiction – Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, producers The Color Purple – Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones, producers Origin – Ava DuVernay and Paul Garnes, producers Rustin – Bruce Cohen, Tonia Davis and George C. Wolfe, producers Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal and Avi Arad, producers	Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple Ava DuVernay – Origin Michael B. Jordan – Creed III A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Outstanding Lead Performance	Outstanding Supporting Performance
*Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction* as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison** Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple as Celie Harris-Johnson John Boyega – They Cloned Tyrone as Fontaine / Tyrone Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Origin as Isabel Wilkerson Jamie Foxx – The Burial as Willie E. Gary Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Chevalier as Joseph Bologne Michael B. Jordan – Creed III as Adonis Creed Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One as Inez de la Paz Sophie Wilde – Talk to Me as Mia	*Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple* as Sofia** Erika Alexander – American Fiction as Coraline Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Viola Davis – Air as Deloris Jordan Colman Domingo – The Color Purple as Albert "Mister" Johnson Jamie Foxx – They Cloned Tyrone as Slick Charles Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple as Shug Avery Jonathan Majors – Creed III as Damian Anderson Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb Jurnee Smollett – The Burial as Mame Downes
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance	Outstanding Ensemble
*Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple* as Celie Harris-Johnson** Archie Madekwe – Gran Turismo as Jann Mardenborough Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid as Ariel Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia Jerrod Carmichael – Poor Things as Harry Astley Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – The Color Purple as young Celie Tia Nomore – Earth Mama as Gia Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane as Yas Dewayne Perkins – The Blackening as Dewayne Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One as Inez de la Paz	The Color Purple – Tiffany Little Canfield, Destiny Lilly and Bernard Telsey, casting directors American Fiction – Jennifer Euston, casting director The Blackening – Leah Daniels Butler, casting director Rustin – Cherelle Cargill and Avy Kaufman, casting directors They Cloned Tyrone – Kim Coleman, casting director
Outstanding Short Film	Outstanding Documentary Feature
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games – Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, directors ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton – A.K. Sandhu, director Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney – Nazenet Habtezghi, director The Dads – Luchina Fisher, director The Last Repair Shop – Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot, directors	Little Richard: I Am Everything – Lisa Cortés, director American Symphony – Matthew Heineman, director Kokomo City – D. Smith, director Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, director Stamped from the Beginning – Roger Ross Williams, director
Outstanding International Film	Outstanding Independent Film
Rye Lane (United Kingdom) – Raine Allen-Miller, director Brother (Canada) – Clement Virgo, director Our Father, the Devil (Cameroon) – Ellie Foumbi, director	A Thousand and One – A. V. Rockwell, director All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – Raven Jackson, director Earth Mama – Savanah Leaf, director How I Learned to Fly – Simon Steuri, director Rye Lane – Raine Allen-Miller, director
Outstanding Screenplay	Outstanding First Screenplay
American Fiction – Cord Jefferson Origin – Ava DuVernay Rustin – Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black They Cloned Tyrone – Tony Rettenmaier and Juel Taylor A Thousand and One – A. V. Rockwell	American Fiction – Cord Jefferson All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – Raven Jackson The Color Purple – Marcus Gardley Earth Mama – Savanah Leaf A Thousand and One – A. V. Rockwell
Outstanding Emerging Director	Outstanding Voice Performance
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One Juel Taylor – They Cloned Tyrone	Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Ariana DeBose – Wish Ayo Edebiri – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Brian Tyree Henry – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Outstanding Score	Outstanding Soundtrack
The Color Purple – Kris Bowers, composer American Symphony – Jon Batiste, composer Chevalier – Kris Bowers, composer Rustin – Branford Marsalis, composer They Cloned Tyrone – Desmond Murray and Pierre Charles, composers	The Color Purple Creed III The Little Mermaid Rustin Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Outstanding Original Song	Outstanding Cinematography
*"Keep It Movin" from The Color Purple* – Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, performers; Halle Bailey, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney and Morten Ristorp, writers** "Am I Dreaming" from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Metro Boomin, ASAP Rocky and Roisee, performers; Leland Tyler Wayne, Roisee, Rakim Mayers, Mike Dean, Peter Lee Johnson and Landon "Script" Wayne, writers "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony – Jon Batiste, writer and performer "My House" from Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé, performer; Beyoncé Knowles and The-Terius "The-Dream" Adamu Ya Gesteelde-Diamant, writers "Road to Freedom" from Rustin – Lenny Kravitz, writer and performer	All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – Jomo Fray, cinematographer Earth Mama – Jody Lee Lipes, cinematographer Kokomo City – D. Smith, cinematographer Rye Lane – Olan Collardy, cinematographer Silver Dollar Road – Henry Adebonojo and Antonio Rossi, cinematographers
Outstanding Editing	Outstanding Costume Design
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Michael Andrews, editor The Color Purple – Jon Poll, editor Kokomo City – D. Smith, editor Origin – Spencer Averick, editor They Cloned Tyrone – Saira Haider, editor	The Color Purple – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, costume designer Air – Charlese Antoinette Jones, costume designer Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé and Shiona Turini, costume designers Rustin – Toni-Leslie James, costume designer They Cloned Tyrone – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, costume designer
Outstanding Production Design	Outstanding Hairstyling & Makeup
The Color Purple – Paul D. Austerberry, production designer Chevalier – Karen Murphy, production designer Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Hannah Beachler, production designer Rustin – Mark Ricker, production designer Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Patrick O'Keefe, production designer	The Color Purple – Carol Rasheed, makeup department head and Lawrence Davis, hair department head Air – Carla Farmer, hair department head Bottoms – Shandrea Williams, hair department head Rustin – Melissa Forney, hair department head and Beverly Jo Pryor, makeup department head A Thousand and One – Craig Carter, hair department head

Honorary awards

Diahann Carroll Icon Award – Shonda Rhimes^[8]
Oscar Micheaux Memorial Award – Ruth E. Carter^[8]
Ruby Dee Humanitarian Award – Sheryl Lee Ralph^[8]
Sidney Poitier Trailblazer Award – Samuel L. Jackson^[8]
Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award – Colman Domingo^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "2024 Black Reel Film & TV Winners". Black Reel Awards. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
^ Complex, Valerie (January 16, 2024). "Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
^ Anderson, Erik (January 17, 2024). "Black Reel Awards (BRA) Winners: 'American Fiction', 'The Color Purple' Win Big". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Complex, Valerie (December 15, 2023). "Black Reel Awards Nominations: 'The Color Purple' and 'Rustin' Dominate". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 15, 2023). "Black Reel Awards (BRA) Nominations: 'The Color Purple' Leads with 19, 'Rustin' with 10". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
^ Jackson, Angelique (July 18, 2023). "Black Reel Awards to Combine Film & TV Honors, Ceremony Rescheduled for January". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
^ Jackson, Angelique (December 4, 2023). "Black Reel Awards: Colman Domingo to Accept Inaugural Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Complex, Valerie (December 4, 2023). "Black Reel Awards Honorees include Samuel L. Jackson, Colman Domingo, Shonda Rhimes and Ruth E. Carter". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 16, 2023.

External links

Official website

[Reels-1] "2024 Black Reel Film & TV Winners". Black Reel Awards. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

[2] Complex, Valerie (January 16, 2024). "Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

[3] Anderson, Erik (January 17, 2024). "Black Reel Awards (BRA) Winners: 'American Fiction', 'The Color Purple' Win Big". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

[Nominees-4] Complex, Valerie (December 15, 2023). "Black Reel Awards Nominations: 'The Color Purple' and 'Rustin' Dominate". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 16, 2023.

[5] Anderson, Erik (December 15, 2023). "Black Reel Awards (BRA) Nominations: 'The Color Purple' Leads with 19, 'Rustin' with 10". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 16, 2023.

[6] Jackson, Angelique (July 18, 2023). "Black Reel Awards to Combine Film & TV Honors, Ceremony Rescheduled for January". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2023.

[7] Jackson, Angelique (December 4, 2023). "Black Reel Awards: Colman Domingo to Accept Inaugural Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2023.

[Honorary-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Complex, Valerie (December 4, 2023). "Black Reel Awards Honorees include Samuel L. Jackson, Colman Domingo, Shonda Rhimes and Ruth E. Carter". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 16, 2023.

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