Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Short Film

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Short Film
Country United States
Presented by The Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awarded Black Reel Awards of 2010
Most recent winner Canvas (Black Reel Awards of 2021)
Website blackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Short Film. This award is given to the directors and was first awarded during the 2010 ceremony. Notable winners and nominees includes Spike Lee, Gabourey Sidibe, Matthew A. Cherry & Ryan Coogler.

Contents

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2010
(Mis)leading ManMorocco Omari [1]
Life on EarthJeffrey Keith
The Roe EffectKiel Adrian Scott
2011
Katrina's SonYa'Ke Smith [2]
Stag & DoeDaniel Patterson
CredSherman Payne
2012
Wake Bree Newsome [3]
The Abyss Boys Jan-Hendrik Beetge
Fig Ryan Coogler
The Tombs Jerry Lamothe
Wolf CallRob Underhill
2013
The Bluest NoteMaruqes Green [4]
Crossover Tina Mabry
Last/First KissAndrea Ashton
Record/PlayJesse Atlas
White Space Maya Washington
2014
Black Girl in ParisKiandra Parks [5]
A Different TreeSteven Caple Jr.
African CowboyRodney Charles
Sweet Honey ChileTalibah Newman
They Die by the Dawn Jeymes Samuel
2015
#AmeriCan Nate Parker [6]
Muted Rachel Goldberg
The VoodooSteven Alexander
2016
AddictionDanny Dzhurayev [7]
David's ReviereNeil Creque Williams
Sacred HeartSol Aponte and Jennia Fredrique
2017
$15 KicksJenn Shaw [8]
#WhereisbeautyAngela McCrae
2 Fists Up Spike Lee
86-32Randy Wilkins
Black Card Pete Chatmon
2018
Oscar MicheauxJD Walker [9]
90 DaysJennia Fredrique & Nathan Hale Williams
Amelia's ClosetHalima Lucas
GEMAKendrick Price
See You Yesterday Stefon Bristol
2019
The Tale of Four Gabourey Sidibe [10]
Funk ForceDesmond Levi Jackson
Hair WolfMariama Diallo
JumpKofi Siriboe
WTFIMH: What the Fuck is Mental Health Kofi Siriboe

2020s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2020
Hair Love Matthew A. Cherry [11]
America Garrett Bradley
It's Not About Jimmy KeeneCaleb Jaffe
Suicide by Sunlight Nikyatu Jusu
Zahra and the Oil ManYucef Mayes
2021
Canvas Frank E. Abney III [12]
BrotherYa'Ke Smith
The CypherLetia Solomon
Grab My Hand: A Letter to My DadCamrus Johnson
The Pandemic ChroniclesYa'Ke Smith
2022
CoffeeJordan Pitt [13]
54 Years LateMichele Wise Wright
The Door of ReturnKokutekeleza Musebeni & Anna Zhukovets
JuniorJehnovah Carlisle
The SnakesMichelle Beck
2023 The Last Repair Shop Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers [14]
ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. NewtonA.K. Sandhu
Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary GaffneyNazenet Habtezghi
The Dads Luchina Fisher

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple 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. 2017 Black Reel Awards
  9. 2018 Black Reel Awards
  10. 2019 Black Reel Awards
  11. 2020 Black Reel Awards
  12. "2021 Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  13. "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  14. Carey, Matthew (October 19, 2023). "'The 1619 Project,' 'Nothing Lasts Forever' Lead Charge As Cinema Eye Honors Announces First Round Of Documentary Nominations [Full List]". Deadline . Retrieved December 22, 2023.