Black Reel Awards of 2014

14th Black Reel Awards
Date	February 13, 2014
Location	Washington, D.C.
Website	http://blackreelawards.wordpress.com
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The 2014 Black Reel Awards , which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, were announced on Thursday, February 13, 2014. Fruitvale Station , The Butler and 12 Years a Slave lead the film nominees with 9 nominations apiece. Pastor Brown , The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Being Mary Jane lead the television nominees with 6 nominations. This year saw the Breakthrough Performance category split between genders bringing this years total categories to 26.

12 Years a Slave made Black Reel Awards history by winning 8 awards including Outstanding Motion Picture. Multiple winning films included: Captain Phillips and 20 Feet from Stardom . On the television side, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth and Being Mary Jane tied for the most wins with two. ^[1]

Multiple winners included: Steve McQueen, Lupita Nyong'o, Barkhad Abdi and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
12 Years a Slave 42 The Butler Fruitvale Station Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave Ryan Coogler – Fruitvale Station Lee Daniels – The Butler Malcolm D. Lee – The Best Man Holiday George Tillman Jr. – The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
Best Actor	Best Actress
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave Idris Elba – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station Isaiah Washington – Blue Caprice Forest Whitaker – The Butler	Danai Gurira – Mother of George Halle Berry – The Call Rosario Dawson – Trance LisaGay Hamilton – Go for Sisters Nia Long – The Best Man Holiday
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips David Oyelowo – The Butler Nate Parker – Ain't Them Bodies Saints Tequan Richmond – Blue Caprice Lakeith Stanfield – Short Term 12	Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave Melonie Diaz – Fruitvale Station Naomie Harris – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Octavia Spencer – Fruitvale Station Oprah Winfrey – The Butler
Best Breakthrough Performance, Male	Best Breakthrough Performance, Female
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips Chadwick Boseman – 42 Skylan Brooks – The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete Tequan Richmond – Blue Caprice Lakeith Stanfield – Short Term 12	Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave Melonie Diaz – Fruitvale Station Danai Gurira – Mother of George Lindiwe Matshikiza – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Tashiana Washington – Gimme the Loot
Best Ensemble (Awarded to Casting Directors)	Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original
Francine Maisler – 12 Years a Slave Leah Daniels and Billy Hopkins – The Butler Nina Henninger – Fruitvale Station Julie Hutchinson – The Best Man Holiday Victoria Thomas – 42	John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave Ryan Coogler – Fruitvale Station Malcolm D. Lee – The Best Man Holiday Kasi Lemmons – Black Nativity Michael Starrbury – The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
Best Feature Documentary	Best Voice Performance
20 Feet from Stardom – Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers Free Angela and all Political Prisoners – Jay Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith God Loves Uganda – Roger Ross Williams The Trials of Muhammad Ali – Bill Siegel Venus and Serena – Maiken Baird and Michelle Major	Samuel L. Jackson – Turbo Beyoncé – Epic Keith David – Free Birds Snoop Dogg – Turbo Maya Rudolph – Turbo
Best Independent Feature	Best Independent Documentary
Blue Caprice – Alexandre Moors Mother of George – Andrew Dosunmu Things Never Said – Charles Murray An Oversimplification of Her Beauty – Terence Nance Go for Sisters – John Sayles	The New Black – Yoruba Richen Africa: The Beat – Javier Arias Bal, Polo Vallejo and Manuel Velasco I Want My Name Back – Roger Paradiso Lenny Cooke – Benny and Joshua Safdie Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights – Nev Nnaji
Best Independent Short	Best Foreign Film
Black Girl in Paris – Kiandra Parks A Different Tree – Steven Caple Jr. African Cowboy – Rodney Charles Sweet Honey Chile – Talibah Newman They Die by the Dawn – Jeymes Samuel	War Witch (Canada) – Kim Nguyen Better Mus' Come (Jamaica) – Storm Saulter Home Again (Canada) – Sudz Sutherland Nairobi Half Life (Kenya) – David Gitonga Storage 24 (U.K.) – Johannes Roberts
Best Original or Adapted Song	Outstanding Original Score
"Desperation" from 20 Feet from Stardom – Performed by Judith Hill "Happy" from Despicable Me 2 – Performed by Pharrell Williams "In the Middle of the Night" from The Butler – Performed by Fantasia "Queen of the Field (Patsey's Song)" from 12 Years a Slave – Performed by Alicia Keys "You and I Ain't Nothin' No More" from The Butler – Performed by Gladys Knight	Hans Zimmer – 12 Years a Slave Stanley Clarke – The Best Man Holiday Ludwig Göransson – Fruitvale Station Mark Isham – 42 Rodrigo Leao – The Butler
Best Television Miniseries or Movie	Outstanding Director in a Television Miniseries or Movie
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (HBO) – Spike Lee and Mike Tyson Being Mary Jane (BET) – Gabrielle Union, Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil Betty and Coretta (Lifetime) – Polly Anthony and Jaja Johnson CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (VH1) – Bill Diggins and Jill Holmes The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Hallmark) – Tonya Lewis Lee	Spike Lee – Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (HBO) Salim Akil – Being Mary Jane (BET) Rockmond Dunbar – Pastor Brown (Lifetime) Kenny Leon – The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Hallmark) Charles Stone III – CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (VH1)
Best Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dancing on the Edge (Starz) Keith David – Pastor Brown (Lifetime) Omari Hardwick – A Christmas Blessing (TV One) Ernie Hudson – Pastor Brown (Lifetime) Mike Tyson – Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (HBO)	Anika Noni Rose – The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Hallmark) Angela Bassett – Betty and Coretta (Lifetime) Keke Palmer – CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (VH1) Salli Richardson-Whitfield – Pastor Brown (Lifetime) Gabrielle Union – Being Mary Jane (BET)
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Omari Hardwick – Being Mary Jane (BET) Richard Brooks – Being Mary Jane (BET) Danny Glover – Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (HBO) Wood Harris – The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Hallmark) Ernie Hudson – Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (Lifetime)	Octavia Spencer – Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (Lifetime) Loretta Devine – Saving Westbrook High (UP) Audra McDonald – The Sound of Music Live! (NBC) Nicole Ari Parker – Pastor Brown (Lifetime) LaTanya Richardson – The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Hallmark)
Outstanding Screenplay in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Television Documentary or Special
Mara Brock Akil – Being Mary Jane (BET) Rhonda Baraka – Pastor Brown (Lifetime) Caliope Brattlestreet, Stephen Glantz and Tonya Lewis Lee – The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Hallmark) Kate Lanier – CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (VH1) Kiki Tyson – Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (HBO)	Whoopi Goldberg – Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (HBO) D. Channsin Berry and Bill Duke– Dark Girls (OWN) Ava DuVernay – Venus vs. (ESPN) Ron Howard – Made in America (Showtime) Bob Smeaton – Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' (PBS)

References

1. 12 Years a Slave Breaks Free