# Black Reel Awards of 2010

The 2010 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 12, 2010. Precious took home a record-breaking 7 wins, with The Princess and the Frog taking home two awards.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Precious American Violet The Blind Side Invictus The Princess and the Frog | Lee Daniels – Precious Bill Duke – Not Easily Broken Spike Lee – Passing Strange Scott Sanders – Black Dynamite George Tillman Jr. – Notorious |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Morgan Freeman – Invictus Quinton Aaron – The Blind Side Jamie Foxx – The Soloist Souléymane Sy Savané – Goodbye Solo Denzel Washington – The Taking of Pelham 123 | Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Nicole Beharie – American Violet Taraji P. Henson – I Can Do Bad All By Myself Sophie Okonedo – Skin Maya Rudolph – Away We Go |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker Charles S. Dutton – American Violet Chiwetel Ejiofor – 2012 Lenny Kravitz – Precious Derek Luke – Madea Goes to Jail | Mo'Nique – Precious Mariah Carey – Precious Paula Patton – Precious Zoe Saldana – Avatar Alfre Woodard – American Violet |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Best Voice Performance |
| Geoffrey S. Fletcher – Precious Brian Bird – Not Easily Broken Cheo Hodari Coker and Reggie Rock Bythewood – Notorious John Lee Hooker – The Blind Side Bryon Minms, Scott Sanders and Michael Jai White – Black Dynamite | Anika Noni Rose – The Princess and the Frog Keith David – Coraline Keith David – The Princess and the Frog Delroy Lindo – Up Forest Whitaker – Where the Wild Things Are |
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Best Ensemble |
| Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Quinton Aaron – The Blind Side Nicole Beharie – American Violet Souléymane Sy Savané – Goodbye Solo Jamal Woolard – Notorious | Billy Hopkins and Jessica Kelly – Precious Tracy Bird and Pamela Frazier – Notorious Heidi Griffiths and Jordan Thaler – Passing Strange Jen Rudin – The Princess and the Frog Susan Shopmaker – American Violet |
| Best Original or Adapted Song ||
| "Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog – Anika Noni Rose "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog – Anika Noni Rose "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" from I Can Do Bad All By Myself – Mary J. Blige "Keys" from Passing Strange – Daniel Breaker and De'Adre Aziza "Never Knew I Needed" from The Princess and the Frog – Ne-Yo ||
| Best Independent Feature | Best Feature Documentary |
| Mississippi Damned – Tina Mabry Sugar – Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck This is the Life – Ava DuVernay | Good Hair – Jeff Stilson Michael Jackson's This Is It – Kenny Ortega More than a Game – Kristopher Belman Passing Strange – Spike Lee Tyson – James Toback |
| Outstanding Independent Documentary | Outstanding Independent Short Film |
| Without Bias – Kirk Fraser Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness – Llewellyn M. Smith Still Bill – Damani Baker and Alex Vlack | (Mis)leading Man – Morocco Omari Life on Earth – Jeffrey Keith The Roe Effect – Kiel Adrian Scott |