Black Reel Awards of 2024

24th Black Reel Awards
Date	January 16, 2024
Highlights
Most awards	The Color Purple (9)
Most nominations	The Color Purple (19)
Outstanding Film	American Fiction
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The 24th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2023, took place on January 16, 2024; the combined film and television award ceremonies were presented together. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The film nominations were announced on December 14, 2023. ^{[1] [4] [5]} During the ceremony, the winners of the 7th Annual Black Reel Television Awards were announced; the television ceremony was initially scheduled for August 14, 2023, but was changed due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, which took place from May 2 to November 9. ^[6]

The film adaptation of the Broadway Tony Award-winning musical The Color Purple received the most nominations with nineteen, setting the mark for the most nominations for a musical film, followed by Rustin with ten. ^[4] American actor Colman Domingo was honored with the inaugural Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award, named after the late Chadwick Boseman. ^[7] American television producer Shonda Rhimes was honored with the Diahann Carroll Executive Award. ^[8]

Film winners and nominees

Outstanding Film	Outstanding Director
American Fiction – Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, producers The Color Purple – Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones, producers Origin – Ava DuVernay and Paul Garnes, producers Rustin – Bruce Cohen, Tonia Davis and George C. Wolfe, producers Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal and Avi Arad, producers	Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple Ava DuVernay – Origin Michael B. Jordan – Creed III A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Outstanding Lead Performance	Outstanding Supporting Performance
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple as Celie Harris-Johnson John Boyega – They Cloned Tyrone as Fontaine / Tyrone Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Origin as Isabel Wilkerson Jamie Foxx – The Burial as Willie E. Gary Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Chevalier as Joseph Bologne Michael B. Jordan – Creed III as Adonis Creed Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One as Inez de la Paz Sophie Wilde – Talk to Me as Mia	Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia Erika Alexander – American Fiction as Coraline Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Viola Davis – Air as Deloris Jordan Colman Domingo – The Color Purple as Albert "Mister" Johnson Jamie Foxx – They Cloned Tyrone as Slick Charles Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple as Shug Avery Jonathan Majors – Creed III as Damian Anderson Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb Jurnee Smollett – The Burial as Mame Downes
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance	Outstanding Ensemble
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple as Celie Harris-Johnson Archie Madekwe – Gran Turismo as Jann Mardenborough Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid as Ariel Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia Jerrod Carmichael – Poor Things as Harry Astley Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – The Color Purple as young Celie Tia Nomore – Earth Mama as Gia Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane as Yas Dewayne Perkins – The Blackening as Dewayne Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One as Inez de la Paz	The Color Purple – Tiffany Little Canfield, Destiny Lilly and Bernard Telsey, casting directors American Fiction – Jennifer Euston, casting director The Blackening – Leah Daniels Butler, casting director Rustin – Cherelle Cargill and Avy Kaufman, casting directors They Cloned Tyrone – Kim Coleman, casting director
Outstanding Short Film	Outstanding Documentary Feature
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games – Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, directors ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton – A.K. Sandhu, director Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney – Nazenet Habtezghi, director The Dads – Luchina Fisher, director The Last Repair Shop – Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot, directors	Little Richard: I Am Everything – Lisa Cortés, director American Symphony – Matthew Heineman, director Kokomo City – D. Smith, director Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, director Stamped from the Beginning – Roger Ross Williams, director
Outstanding International Film	Outstanding Independent Film
Rye Lane (United Kingdom) – Raine Allen-Miller, director Brother (Canada) – Clement Virgo, director Our Father, the Devil (Cameroon) – Ellie Foumbi, director	A Thousand and One – A. V. Rockwell, director All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – Raven Jackson, director Earth Mama – Savanah Leaf, director How I Learned to Fly – Simon Steuri, director Rye Lane – Raine Allen-Miller, director
Outstanding Screenplay	Outstanding First Screenplay
American Fiction – Cord Jefferson Origin – Ava DuVernay Rustin – Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black They Cloned Tyrone – Tony Rettenmaier and Juel Taylor A Thousand and One – A. V. Rockwell	American Fiction – Cord Jefferson All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – Raven Jackson The Color Purple – Marcus Gardley Earth Mama – Savanah Leaf A Thousand and One – A. V. Rockwell
Outstanding Emerging Director	Outstanding Voice Performance
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One Juel Taylor – They Cloned Tyrone	Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Ariana DeBose – Wish Ayo Edebiri – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Brian Tyree Henry – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Outstanding Score	Outstanding Soundtrack
The Color Purple – Kris Bowers, composer American Symphony – Jon Batiste, composer Chevalier – Kris Bowers, composer Rustin – Branford Marsalis, composer They Cloned Tyrone – Desmond Murray and Pierre Charles, composers	The Color Purple Creed III The Little Mermaid Rustin Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Outstanding Original Song	Outstanding Cinematography
"Keep It Movin" from The Color Purple – Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, performers; Halle Bailey, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney and Morten Ristorp, writers "Am I Dreaming" from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Metro Boomin, ASAP Rocky and Roisee, performers; Leland Tyler Wayne, Roisee, Rakim Mayers, Mike Dean, Peter Lee Johnson and Landon "Script" Wayne, writers "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony – Jon Batiste, writer and performer "My House" from Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé, performer; Beyoncé Knowles and The-Terius "The-Dream" Adamu Ya Gesteelde-Diamant, writers "Road to Freedom" from Rustin – Lenny Kravitz, writer and performer	All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – Jomo Fray, cinematographer Earth Mama – Jody Lee Lipes, cinematographer Kokomo City – D. Smith, cinematographer Rye Lane – Olan Collardy, cinematographer Silver Dollar Road – Henry Adebonojo and Antonio Rossi, cinematographers
Outstanding Editing	Outstanding Costume Design
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Michael Andrews, editor The Color Purple – Jon Poll, editor Kokomo City – D. Smith, editor Origin – Spencer Averick, editor They Cloned Tyrone – Saira Haider, editor	The Color Purple – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, costume designer Air – Charlese Antoinette Jones, costume designer Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé and Shiona Turini, costume designers Rustin – Toni-Leslie James, costume designer They Cloned Tyrone – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, costume designer
Outstanding Production Design	Outstanding Hairstyling & Makeup
The Color Purple – Paul D. Austerberry, production designer Chevalier – Karen Murphy, production designer Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Hannah Beachler, production designer Rustin – Mark Ricker, production designer Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Patrick O'Keefe, production designer	The Color Purple – Carol Rasheed, makeup department head and Lawrence Davis, hair department head Air – Carla Farmer, hair department head Bottoms – Shandrea Williams, hair department head Rustin – Melissa Forney, hair department head and Beverly Jo Pryor, makeup department head A Thousand and One – Craig Carter, hair department head

Honorary awards

• Diahann Carroll Icon Award – Shonda Rhimes ^[8]
• Oscar Micheaux Memorial Award – Ruth E. Carter ^[8]
• Ruby Dee Humanitarian Award – Sheryl Lee Ralph ^[8]
• Sidney Poitier Trailblazer Award – Samuel L. Jackson ^[8]
• Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award – Colman Domingo ^[8]

References

1. "2024 Black Reel Film & TV Winners". Black Reel Awards . Retrieved January 17, 2024.
2. Complex, Valerie (January 16, 2024). "Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 17, 2024.
3. Anderson, Erik (January 17, 2024). "Black Reel Awards (BRA) Winners: 'American Fiction', 'The Color Purple' Win Big". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
4. Complex, Valerie (December 15, 2023). "Black Reel Awards Nominations: 'The Color Purple' and 'Rustin' Dominate". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 16, 2023.
5. Anderson, Erik (December 15, 2023). "Black Reel Awards (BRA) Nominations: 'The Color Purple' Leads with 19, 'Rustin' with 10". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
6. Jackson, Angelique (July 18, 2023). "Black Reel Awards to Combine Film & TV Honors, Ceremony Rescheduled for January". Variety . Retrieved December 16, 2023.
7. Jackson, Angelique (December 4, 2023). "Black Reel Awards: Colman Domingo to Accept Inaugural Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award". Variety . Retrieved December 16, 2023.
8. Complex, Valerie (December 4, 2023). "Black Reel Awards Honorees include Samuel L. Jackson, Colman Domingo, Shonda Rhimes and Ruth E. Carter". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 16, 2023.

External links

• Official website