Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Feature | |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | The Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
First awarded | Black Reel Awards of 2002 |
Most recent winner | The Forty-Year-Old Version (Black Reel Awards of 2021) |
Website | blackreelawards |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film. This award is presented to the directors of the film.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Year | Film | Director(s) | Ref |
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2002 | |||
The Visit | Jordan Walker-Pearlman | [1] | |
30 Years to Life | Vanessa Middleton | ||
Blue Hill Avenue | Craig Ross Jr. | ||
Lift | DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter | ||
Lumumba | Raoul Peck | ||
One Week | Carl Seaton | ||
2003 | |||
Standing in the Shadows of Motown | Paul Justman | [2] | |
Biggie & Tupac | Nick Broomfield | ||
Crazy as Hell | Eriq La Salle | ||
2004 | |||
Anne B. Real | Lisa France | [3] | |
All About You | Christine Swanson | ||
G | Shonie De La Rosa and Larry Blackhorse Lowe | ||
2005 | |||
The Woodsman | Nicole Kassell | [4] | |
Motives | Craig Ross Jr. | ||
Woman Thou Art Loosed | Michael Schultz | ||
2006 | |||
Constellation | Jordan Walker-Pearlman | [5] | |
Love Trap | Frank B. Goodin II | ||
On the One | Charles Randolph-Wright | ||
On the Verge of a Fever | John L'Ecuyer | ||
Proud | Mary Pat Kelly | ||
2007 | |||
Traci Townsend | Craig Ross Jr. | [6] | |
No. 2 | Toa Fraser | ||
Premium | Pete Chatmon | ||
2008 | — |
Year | Film | Director(s) | Ref |
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2020 | |||
The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Joe Talbot | [17] | |
Burning Cane | Phillip Youmans | ||
Clemency | Chinonye Chukwu | ||
Guava Island | Hiro Murai | ||
Luce | Julius Onah | ||
2021 | |||
The Forty-Year-Old Version | Radha Blank | [18] | |
American Skin | Nate Parker | ||
Farewell Amor | Ekwa Msangi | ||
Miss Juneteenth | Channing Godfrey Peoples | ||
Sylvie's Love | Eugene Ashe | ||
2022 | |||
Concrete Cowboy | Ricky Staub | [19] | |
Nine Days | Edson Oda | ||
Test Pattern | Shatara Michelle Ford | ||
The Water Man | David Oyelowo | ||
Zola | Janicza Bravo |
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