| Award | Category | Nominees | Result |
|---|
| Banff Television Festival | Best Made for TV Movie | Won |
| 2000 Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movie or Limited Series | Rick Ash, Gary Alexander & Shirley Libby | Nominated |
| 2nd Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period/Fantasy Television | Hope Hanafin | Nominated |
| 52nd Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series | Joseph Sargent | Nominated |
| 51st Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Made for Television Movie | Ellen M. Krass, Joel Stillerman, Ted Demme & Robert Benedetti | Won |
| Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries of Movie | Joseph Sargent | Nominated |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Don Cheadle | Nominated |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Cicely Tyson | Nominated |
| Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie | Ann Peacock | Won |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie | Rick Ash, Gary Alexander & Shirley Libby | Nominated |
| Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or Made for Television Movie | Robi Reed & Shay Griffin | Nominated |
| 4th Golden Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Don Cheadle | Nominated |
| Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards | Best Character Make-Up - Television (for a Mini-Series or Movie of the Week | Douglas Noe | Won |
| Humanitas Prize | PBS/Cable Category | Ann Peacock | Won |
| 31st NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Nominated |
| Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Don Cheadle | Nominated |
| Mekhi Phifer | Nominated |
| Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Cicely Tyson | Nominated |
| 2000 Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing - Television Movies and Specials (including Mini-Series) - Music | Chris Ledesma | Nominated |
| 1999 National Board of Review Awards | Best Film Made for Cable TV | Won |
| 1999 Peabody Awards | Excellence in Television | Won |
| 2000 San Francisco International Film Festival | Silver Spire for Drama - Television Feature | Joseph Sargent & Robert Benedetti | Won |
| 21st Young Artist Awards | Best Family TV Movie or Pilot - Cable | Nominated |
| 2000 Black Reel Awards | Best Television Miniseries or Movie | Robert Benedetti | Nominated |
| Best Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Don Cheadle | Won |
| Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Mekhi Phifer | Won |
| Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Lisa Arrindell | Nominated |
| Irma P. Hall | Nominated |
| Cicely Tyson | Won |
| Outstanding Screenplay in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Ernest J. Gaines | Won |
