# Black Reel Awards of 2005

The 2005 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 19, 2005. Ray and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story were the big winners during the ceremony, picking up five awards each.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| Best Film, Drama | Best Film, Comedy / Musical |
| Ray Baadasssss! I, Robot | Lightning in a Bottle Barbershop 2: Back in Business Fade to Black |
| Best Director | Best Original Score |
| Mario Van Peebles – Baadasssss! Ernest Dickerson – Never Die Alone Antoine Fuqua – Lightning in a Bottle Spike Lee – She Hate Me Charles Stone III – Mr. 3000 | Ray Charles and Stephen Altman – Ray Terence Blanchard – She Hate Me RZA – Kill Bill: Volume 2 |
| Best Actor, Drama | Best Actor, Comedy / Musical |
| Jamie Foxx – Ray Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda Mario Van Peebles – Baadasssss! | Bernie Mac – Mr. 3000 Jamie Foxx – Breakin' All the Rules Ice Cube – Barbershop 2: Back in Business |
| Best Actress, Drama | Best Actress, Comedy / Musical |
| Sophie Okonedo – Hotel Rwanda Regina King – Ray Kerry Washington – Ray | Irma P. Hall – The Ladykillers Angela Bassett – Mr. 3000 Gabrielle Union – Breakin' All the Rules |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jamie Foxx – Collateral Cedric the Entertainer – Barbershop 2: Back in Business Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby Clifton Powell – Ray Jeffrey Wright – The Manchurian Candidate | Sharon Warren – Ray Joy Bryant – Baadasssss! Kimberly Elise – The Manchurian Candidate Nia Long – Alfie Jada Pinkett Smith – Collateral |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original | Best Breakthrough Performance |
| Mario Van Peebles – Baadasssss! Michael Genet and Spike Lee – She Hate Me Shonda Rhimes – The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Don D. Scott – Barbershop 2: Back in Business James L. White – Ray | Sharon Warren – Ray Anthony Mackie – She Hate Me C. J. Sanders – Ray |
| Best Television Miniseries or Movie | Outstanding Director in a Television Miniseries or Movie |
| Something the Lord Made (HBO) – Robert W. Cort and Eric Hetzel Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (HBO) – Jonathan Demme and Joe Viola Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) – Sue Bugden and Rudy Langlais | Vondie Curtis-Hall – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) Lisa Gay Hamilton – Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (HBO) Joseph Sargent – Something the Lord Made (HBO) |
| Best Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Best Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series |
| Jamie Foxx – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) Mos Def – Something the Lord Made (HBO) Roger Guenveur Smith – Justice (Starz) | Lynn Whitfield – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) Monica Calhoun – Justice (Starz) Anna Marie Horsford – Justice (Starz) |
| Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series |
| Clayton LeBouef – Something the Lord Made (HBO) Reg E. Cathey – Everyday People (HBO) Stephen McKinley Henderson – Everyday People (HBO) | C. C. H. Pounder – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) Iris Little-Thomas – Everyday People (HBO) Gabrielle Union – Something the Lord Made (HBO) |
| Outstanding Screenplay in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Best Original Television Program |
| J.T. Allen – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) Lisa Gay Hamilton – Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (HBO) Jim McKay – Everyday People (HBO) | America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr. Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise The N-Word |
| Outstanding Independent Film | Outstanding Emerging Director |
| The Woodsman – Nicole Kassell Motives – Craig Ross Jr. Woman Thou Art Loosed – Michael Schultz | Michael Schultz – Woman Thou Art Loosed Shawn Martinbrough and Milo Stone – Mindgame Craig Ross Jr. – Motives |
| Outstanding Independent Film Actor | Outstanding Independent Film Actress |
| Mos Def – The Woodsman Shemar Moore – Motives Clifton Powell – Woman Thou Art Loosed | Kimberly Elise – Woman Thou Art Loosed Golden Brooks – Motives Eve – The Woodsman |