# Black Reel Awards of 2019

The 19th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2018, took place on February 7, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. PST). During the ceremony, FAAAF presented the Black Reel Awards in 23 categories.
Black Panther (film) lead the nominations with a record-breaking 18 nominations followed by If Beale Street Could Talk and BlacKkKlansman with 14 and 11 nominations respectively.
This marks the first year that Outstanding achievements in Costume Design, Cinematography and Production Design were recognized by the voting academy.
The 3rd Annual Black Reel Awards for Television was presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best in television from June 1, 2018, to May 31, 2019, took place on August 1, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p.m. PST).
When They See Us lead the nominations with a record-breaking 17 nominations including Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series. The limited series went on to win 7 awards including Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series. HBO's Insecure and NBC's This Is Us took home the awards for Outstanding Comedy and Drama Series respectively.

## Black Reel Awards Film Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Green Book If Beale Street Could Talk Widows | Ryan Coogler – Black Panther Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You Steve McQueen – Widows |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Chadwick Boseman – Black Panther Michael B. Jordan – Creed II John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman Keith Stanfield –Sorry to Bother You Stephan James – If Beale Street Could Talk | KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk Viola Davis– Widows Zoe Renee – Jinn Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give Regina Hall – Support the Girls |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther Russell Hornsby – The Hate U Give Daniel Kaluuya – Widows Mahershala Ali – Green Book Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk | Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk Letitia Wright – Black Panther Danai Gurira – Black Panther Lupita Nyong'o – Black Panther Simone Missick – Jinn |
| Best Breakthrough Performance, Male | Best Breakthrough Performance, Female |
| Winston Duke – Black Panther John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman Donald Glover – Solo: A Star Wars Story Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk Daveed Diggs – Blindspotting | Letitia Wright – Black Panther Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at the El Royale Laura Harrier – BlacKkKlansman KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk Zoe Renee – Jinn |
| Best Ensemble | Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original |
| Sarah Finn – Black Panther Cindy Tolan – Sorry to Bother You Cindy Tolan – If Beale Street Could Talk Francine Maisler, Mickie Paskal & Jennifer Rudnicke – Widows Kim Coleman – BlacKkKlansman | Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You Steve McQueen & Gillian Flynn – Widows Spike Lee, Kevin Willmott, Charlie Wachtel and David Rabinowitz – BlacKkKlansman Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk |
| Outstanding Feature Documentary | Outstanding Independent Feature |
| Quincy – Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones Whitney – Kevin Macdonald Hale County This Morning, This Evening – RaMell Ross Minding the Gap –Bing Liu Amazing Grace – Sydney Pollack | Jinn – Nijla Mumin A Boy. A Girl. A Dream. – Qasim Basir Roxanne Roxanne – Michael Larnell Monsters and Men – Reinaldo Marcus Green Yardie – Idris Elba |
| Outstanding Short Film | Outstanding Independent Documentary |
| The Tale of Four – Gabourey Sidibe Jump – Kofi Siriboe WTFIMH: What the Fuck is Mental Health – Kofi Siriboe Hair Wolf – Mariama Diallo Funk Force – Desmond Levi Jackson | Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me – Samuel D. Pollard Basquiat: Rage to Riches – David Schulman Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart – Tracey Heather Strain |
| Outstanding Foreign Film/ World Cinema Motion Picture | Outstanding Voice Performance |
| Lionheart (Nigeria) – Genevieve Nnaji Green Days by the River (Trinidad and Tobago) – Michael Mooleedhar Where Hands Touch (United Kingdom) – Amma Asante Vaya (South Africa) – Akin Omotoso Rafiki (Kenya) – Wanuri Kahiu | Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Taraji P. Henson – Ralph Breaks the Internet Samuel L. Jackson – Incredibles 2 Mahershala Ali – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Brian Tyree Henry – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |
| Best Emerging Filmmaker | Best First Screenplay |
| Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You Idris Elba – Yardie Rashida Jones – Quincy Nijla Mumin – Jinn Reinaldo Marcus Green – Monsters and Men | Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You Daveed Diggs & Rafael Casal – Blindspotting Reinaldo Marcus Green – Monsters and Men Michael Larnell – Roxanne Roxanne Nijla Mumin – Jinn |
| Best Original or Adapted Song | Outstanding Original Score |
| "All the Stars" from Black Panther – Kendrick Lamar & SZA "We Won’t Move" from The Hate U Give – Arlissa "Love Lies (song)" from Love, Simon – Khalid & Normani "Pray for Me (The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar song)" from Black Panther – The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar "I’ll Fight" from RBG (film) – Jennifer Hudson | Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk Terence Blanchard – BlacKkKlansman Ludwig Göransson – Creed II Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther Dustin O’Halloran – The Hate U Give |
| Outstanding Cinematography | Outstanding Costume Design |
| James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk Chayse Irvin– BlacKkKlansman Tobias A. Schliessler – A Wrinkle in Time Rachel Morrison – Black Panther Sean Bobbitt – Widows | Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther Marci Rodgers– BlacKkKlansman Caroline Eselin – If Beale Street Could Talk Deirdra Elizabeth Green – Sorry to Bother You Paco Delgado – A Wrinkle in Time |
| Outstanding Production Design |
| Hannah Beachler – Black Panther Marci Mudd – BlacKkKlansman Mark Friedberg – If Beale Street Could Talk Naomi Shohan – A Wrinkle in Time Tim Galvin – Green Book |

## Summary of Film Awards and Nominations

List of films with multiple nominations
| Film | Wins | Nominations | Outstanding Film Nominee/Winner |
| Black Panther | 10 | 17 | Winner |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | 4 | 14 | Nominee |
| BlacKkKlansman | 0 | 11 | Nominee |
| Widows | 0 | 7 | Nominee |
| Sorry to Bother You | 3 | 7 | |
| Jinn | 1 | 6 | |
| The Hate U Give | 0 | 4 | |
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 1 | 3 | |
| Monsters and Men | 0 | 3 | |
| Green Book | 0 | 3 | Nominee |
| A Wrinkle in Time | 0 | 3 | |
| Yardie | 0 | 3 | |
| Roxanne Roxanne | 0 | 2 | |
| Quincy (film) | 1 | 2 | |
| Creed II | 0 | 2 | |
| Blindspotting | 0 | 2 | |

## Black Reel Awards for Television Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold.
| Outstanding Drama Series | Outstanding Actor, Drama Series |
| This Is Us Pose Claws Black Lightning All American | Billy Porter – Pose Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us Brandon Micheal Hall – God Friended Me Damson Idris – Snowfall Kofi Siriboe – Queen Sugar |
| Outstanding Actress, Drama Series | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series |
| Rutina Wesley – Queen Sugar Dawn-Lyen Gardner – Queen Sugar Niecy Nash – Claws Angela Bassett –9-1-1 (TV series) Alfre Woodard – Luke Cage | Joe Morton – God Friended Me Nicholas L. Ashe – Queen Sugar Orlando Jones – American Gods Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul Mustafa Shakir – Luke Cage |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series | Outstanding Directing, Drama Series |
| Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us Tina Lifford – Queen Sugar Lynn Whitfield – Greenleaf Karimah Westbrook – All American Indya Moore – Pose | "Don't Take My Sunshine Away" from This Is Us - George Tillman Jr. (director) "The Book of Apocalypse: Chapter Two: The Omega" from Black Lightning – Salim Akil (director) "A Rock, A River, A Tree" from Queen Sugar – DeMane Davis (director) "Love is the Message" from Pose – Janet Mock (director) "R&B" from This Is Us – Kevin Hooks (director) |
| Outstanding Writing, Drama Series | Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series |
| "Our Little Island Girl" from This Is Us - Eboni Freeman (writer) "Scream" from Claws – Maisha Closson (writer) "Unfriended" from God Friended Me – Safia M. Dirie (writer) "Love is the Message" from Pose – Janet Mock & Ryan Murphy (writers) "R&B" from This Is Us – Kay Oyegun (writer) | Rob Morgan – This Is Us Carl Lumbly – This Is Us Mahershala Ali – Room 104 Ron Cephas Jones – Luke Cage Common – The Chi |
| Outstanding Guest Actress, Drama Series | Outstanding Comedy Series |
| Phylicia Rashad – This Is Us Erika Alexander – Black Lightning Rutina Wesley – The Walking Dead Marla Gibbs – NCIS Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away With Murder | Insecure Black-ish Grown-ish On My Block She's Gotta Have It |
| Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series | Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series |
| Don Cheadle – Black Monday Anthony Anderson – Black-ish Tracy Morgan – The Last O.G. Idris Elba –Turn Up Charlie Keegan-Michael Key – Friends from College | Issa Rae – Insecure Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish Tiffany Haddish – The Last O.G. DeWanda Wise – She's Gotta Have It Regina Hall – Black Monday |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series | Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series |
| Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live Laurence Fishburne – Black-ish Jay Ellis – Insecure Anthony Ramos – She's Gotta Have It | Jenifer Lewis – Black-ish Leslie Jones – Saturday Night Live Yvonne Orji – Insecure Natasha Rothwell - Insecure Marsai Martin - Black-ish |
| Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series | Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series |
| "Black Like Us" from Black-ish - Salli Richardson (director) "High-Like" from Insecure – Millicent Shelton (director) "Ghost-Like" from Insecure – Regina King (director) "Purple Rain" from Black-ish – Charles Stone III (director) "Black History Month" from Black-ish – Tracee Ellis Ross (director) | "Black Like Us" from Black-ish - Peter Saji (writer) "Relatively Grown Man" from Black-ish – Steven White (writer) "Ghost-Like" from Insecure – Issa Rae & Natasha Rothwell (writers) "Obsessed-Like" from Insecure – Prentice Penny (writer) "#NationTime" from She's Gotta Have It – Radha Blank (writer) |
| Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series | Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy Series |
| Katt Williams – Black-ish Idris Elba – Saturday Night Live Ernie Hudson – Ballers Kenan Thompson – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt RuPaul – Grace and Frankie | Anna Deavere Smith – Black-ish Rosie Perez – She's Gotta Have It Marla Gibbs – Rel Maya Rudolph – The Good Place Regina King – The Big Bang Theory |
| Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series | Outstanding Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series |
| When They See Us Native Son "The Bobby Brown Story" Luther True Detective | Jharrel Jerome – When They See Us Ashton Sanders – Native Son Mahershala Ali – True Detective Woody McClain – "The Bobby Brown Story" Idris Elba – Luther |
| Outstanding Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series | Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series |
| Niecy Nash – When They See Us Aunjanue Ellis – When They See Us Michaela Coel – Black Earth Rising Emayatzy Corinealdi – The Red Line Alfre Woodard – Juanita | Michael K. Williams – When They See Us Asante Blackk – When They See Us Caleel Harris – When They See Us Marquis Rodriguez – When They See Us Michael Ealy – "Being Mary Jane: Becoming Pauletta" |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series | Outstanding Directing, TV Movie/Limited Series |
| Marsha Stephanie Blake – When They See Us Kylie Bunbury – When They See Us Isis King – When They See Us Carmen Ejogo – True Detective Marla Gibbs – Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons | When They See Us - Ava DuVernay (director) Juanita – Clark Johnson (director) Native Son – Rashid Johnson (director) "We All Must Care" from The Red Line – Victoria Mahoney (director) "The Bobby Brown Story" – Kiel Adrian Scott (director) |
| Outstanding Writing, TV Movie/Limited Series | Outstanding TV Special or Documentary |
| "Part 1" from When They See Us - Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece & Attica Locke (writers) "Part 2" from When They See Us – Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece & Attica Locke(writers) "Part 3" from When They See Us – Ava DuVernay & Robin Swicord(writers) "Part 4" from When They See Us – Ava DuVernay & Michael Starrbury(writers) "The Bobby Brown Story" – Abdul Williams(writer) | Surviving R. Kelly Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men HΘMΣCΘMING Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story |
| Outstanding Music (Comedy, Drama or Limited Series) |
| Pose Insecure When They See Us Greenleaf Empire |

## Summary of Television Awards and Nominations

Series with multiple nominations
| Film | Wins | Nominations | Outstanding Series Nominee/Winner |
| When They See Us | 7 | 17 | Winner (Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series) |
| Black-ish | 5 | 13 | Nominee (Outstanding Comedy Series) |
| This Is Us | 6 | 10 | Winner (Outstanding Drama Series) |
| Insecure | 2 | 10 | Winner (Outstanding Comedy Series) |
| Queen Sugar | 1 | 6 | |
| Pose | 2 | 6 | Nominee (Outstanding Drama Series) |
| She's Gotta Have It | 0 | 5 | Nominee (Outstanding Comedy Series) |
| "The Bobby Brown Story" | 0 | 4 | Nominee (Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series) |
| Native Son | 0 | 3 | Nominee (Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series) |
| Saturday Night Live | 0 | 3 | |
| True Detective | 0 | 3 | Nominee (Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series) |
| God Friended Me | 1 | 3 | |
| Luke Cage | 0 | 3 | |
| Claws | 0 | 3 | Nominee (Outstanding Drama Series) |
| Black Lightning | 0 | 3 | Nominee (Outstanding Drama Series) |
| Juanita | 0 | 2 | |
| The Last O.G. | 0 | 2 | |
| The Red Line | 0 | 2 | |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | 1 | 2 | |
| Luther | 0 | 2 | Nominee (Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series) |
| Greenleaf | 0 | 2 | |
| All American | 0 | 2 | Nominee (Outstanding Drama Series) |
| Black Monday | 1 | 2 | |