Black Reel Awards of 2006

7th Black Reel Awards
Date	February 18, 2006
Location	Washington, D.C.
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The 2006 Black Reel Awards , which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C., on February 18, 2006. ^{[1] [2]} Lackawanna Blues swept the awards with six wins, whilst in the film nominations Crash and Hustle & Flow each took home three awards.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
Crash Coach Carter Four Brothers Hitch Hustle & Flow	Thomas Carter – Coach Carter Malcolm D. Lee – Roll Bounce John Singleton – Four Brothers Tim Story – Fantastic Four
Best Actor	Best Actress
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow Don Cheadle – Crash Idris Elba – The Gospel Samuel L. Jackson – Coach Carter Will Smith – Hitch	Kimberly Elise – Diary of a Mad Black Woman Rosario Dawson – Rent Nona Gaye – The Gospel Queen Latifah – Beauty Shop Zoe Saldana – Guess Who
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Terrence Howard – Crash Anthony Anderson – Hustle & Flow Chiwetel Ejiofor – Serenity Ludacris – Crash Jeffrey Wright – Syriana	Taraji P. Henson – Hustle & Flow Rosario Dawson – Sin City Thandie Newton – Crash Wanda Sykes – Monster-in-Law Tracie Thoms – Rent
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original	Best Breakthrough Performance
Norman Vance Jr. – Roll Bounce Rob Hardy – The Gospel Tyler Perry – Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Brandon T. Jackson – Roll Bounce Ashanti – Coach Carter Tyler Perry – Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Outstanding Original Soundtrack	Best Ensemble (Awarded to Casting Directors)
Hustle & Flow Four Brothers Hitch Rent Roll Bounce	Sarah Finn and Randi Hiller – Crash Chris Gray and Kimberly Hardin– Hustle & Flow Kimberly Hardin – Four Brothers Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey – Rent Monica Swann – Roll Bounce
Best Television Miniseries or Movie	Outstanding Director in a Television Miniseries or Movie
Lackawanna Blues (HBO) – Halle Berry and Vincent Cirrincione Kojak (USA Network) – Tom Thayer and Steve Feke Miracle's Boys (TeenNick) – Nicole Silver and Orly Wiseman Sometimes in April (HBO) – Daniel Delume Their Eyes Were Watching God (ABC) – Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey	George C. Wolfe – Lackawanna Blues (HBO) Spike Lee – Miracle's Boys (TeenNick) Spike Lee – Sucker Free City (Showtime) Darnell Martin – Their Eyes Were Watching God (ABC) Raoul Peck – Sometimes in April (HBO)
Best Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Michael Ealy – Their Eyes Were Watching God (ABC) Idris Elba – Sometimes in April (HBO) Delroy Lindo – The Exonerated (truTV) Anthony Mackie – Sucker Free City (Showtime) Ving Rhames – Kojak (USA Network)	S. Epatha Merkerson – Lackawanna Blues (HBO) Halle Berry – Their Eyes Were Watching God (ABC) Roselyn Sanchez – Kojak (USA Network)
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Jeffrey Wright – Lackawanna Blues (HBO) Oris Erhuero – Sometimes in April (HBO) Terrence Howard – Lackawanna Blues (HBO) Sean Nelson – Miracle's Boys (TeenNick) Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Their Eyes Were Watching God (ABC)	Carmen Ejogo – Lackawanna Blues (HBO) Nicki Micheaux – Their Eyes Were Watching God (ABC) Rosie Perez – Lackawanna Blues (HBO) Adina Porter – Lackawanna Blues (HBO) Jordan Puryear – Miracle's Boys (TeenNick)
Outstanding Screenplay in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Lackawanna Blues (HBO) Kevin Arkadie, Stephen Langford and Dawn Urbont – Miracle's Boys (TeenNick) Suzan-Lori Parks, Misan Sagay and Bobby Smith Jr. – Their Eyes Were Watching God (ABC) Raoul Peck – Sometimes in April (HBO) Alex Tse – Sucker Free City (Showtime)
Outstanding Independent Film	Outstanding Independent Documentary
Constellation – Jordan Walker-Pearlman 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	Unknown Winner Bastards of the Party – Cle Sloan Letter to the President – Thomas Gibson The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till – Keith Beauchamp A Killing in Choctaw – Chike Nwoffiah

References

1. 2006 Black Reel Awards
2. "Terrence Howard gets three Black Reel nods". USA Today . Associated Press. January 4, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2012.