Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Documentary

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Documentary
Country United States
Presented by The Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awarded Black Reel Awards of 2010
Most recent winner Mr. Soul! (Black Reel Awards of 2021)
Website blackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Documentary. This award is given to the directors and was first awarded during the 2010 ceremony.

Contents

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2010
Without Bias Kirk Fraser [1]
Herskovits at the Heart of BlacknessLlewellyn M. Smith
Still Bill Damani Baker and Alex Vlack
2011
For the Best and for the Onion Sani Elhadj Magori [2]
Gefilte FishShelly Kling
One of These MorningsValery Lyman
2012
Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat By the DoorChristine Acham and Clifford Ward [3]
Brown BabiesRegina Griffin
Burn: The Evolution of An American CityHarold Jackson III
Gang Girl: A Mother's Journey to Save Her DaughterValerie Goodloe
The Manuscripts of Timbuktu Zola Maseko
Zero Percent Tim Skousen
2013
Soul Food Junkies Byron Hurt [4]
BMF: The Rise and Fall of Hip-Hop Drug EmpireDan Sikorski
Contradictions of Fair Hope S. Epatha Merkerson and Rockell Metcalf
From Fatherless to FatherhoodKobie Brown
Justice for SaleFemeke and Isla van Velzen
2014
The New Black Yoruba Richen [5]
Africa: The BeatJavier Arias Bal, Polo Vallejo and Manuel Velasco
I Want My Name BackRoger Paradiso
Lenny Cooke Benny and Joshua Safdie
Unheard: Black Women in Civil RightsNev Nnaji
2015
25 to LifeMike Brown [6]
Evolution of a CriminalDarius Clark Monroe
Oscar Micheaux: The Czar of Black Hollywood Bayer Mack
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People Thomas Allen Harris
2016
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the BandCarol Bush [7]
Adina Howard 20: A Story of Sexual LiberationGezus Zaire
Be KnownDwayne Johnson-Cochran
Cody High: A Life Remodeled ProjectWalter V. Marshall
Romeo is Bleeding Jason Zeldes
2017
2018
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities Stanley Nelson Jr. [8]
Back to Natural: A Documentary FilmGillian Scott-Ward
QuestJonathan Olshefski
Yemanja: Wisdom From the African Heart of BrazilDonna Roberts & Donna Reed
Zo! Making of Skybreak!Donnie Seales Jr.
2019
Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me Sam Pollard [9]
Basquiat: Rage to Riches David Schulman
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart Tracey Heather Strain

2020s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2020
No Lye: An American Beauty Story Bayer Mack [10]
16 BarsSam Bathrick
The Remix: Hip Hop x FashionLisa Cortes & Farah X
2021
Mr. Soul! Melissa Haizlip [11]
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight ShowYoruba Richen
With Drawn Arms Glenn Kaino & Afshin Shahidi
2022
100 Years from MississippiTarabu Betserai Kirkland [12]
Big Chief, Black HawkJonathan Isaac Jackson
I Still BreatheAlfred George Bailey
Little SatchmoJohn Alexander
Unzipped: An Autopsy of American InequalityColin K. Gray

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple nominations

2 Nominations

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References

  1. 2010 Black Reel Awards
  2. 2011 Black Reel Awards
  3. 2012 Black Reel Awards
  4. "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  5. "2014 Black Reel Awards – Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  6. 2015 Black Reel Awards
  7. 2016 Black Reel Awards
  8. 2018 Black Reel Awards
  9. 2019 Black Reel Awards
  10. 2020 Black Reel Awards
  11. "2021 Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  12. "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. Retrieved 2 January 2022.