Black Reel Awards of 2017

17th Annual Black Reel Awards, Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) ni tiri pini shɛŋa ka paɣiri yuuni 2016 filimnima, daa niŋla Anashaara goli February 16, 2017, di daa pilila 8:00 p.m. EST (5:00p.m. PST). Lala chuɣu ŋɔ ni, FAAAF daa yɛn zaŋ la Black Reel Awards n-ti pina pubu yaɣa pihita ayi ka.

Moonlight n-daa be filimnima piibu ni pam ni piibu pia ni ata.

 Schedule 
DateEventMonday, December 5, 2016Nominations polls opens at 8:00 a.m. EST (05:00, 5 Dec. UTC) (5:00 a.m. PST)Friday, December 9, 2016Nominations polls close at 8:00 p.m. EST (01:00, 9 Dec. UTC) (5:00 p.m. PST)Wednesday, December 14, 2016Nominations announced at 8:00 a.m. EST (13:30 UTC) (5:00 a.m. PST)Thursday, December 15, 2016Final voting beginsTuesday, December 20, 2016Final polls close at 8:00 p.m. EST (01:00, 20 Dec. UTC) (5:00 p.m. PST)Thursday, February 16, 201717th Annual Black Reel Awards presentation

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 Film 
Best FilmBest Director Moonlight
 13th
 Fences
 Loving
 Manchester by the Sea Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
 Don Cheadle – Miles Ahead
 Antoine Fuqua – The Magnificent Seven
 Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation
 Denzel Washington – FencesBest ActorBest Actress Denzel Washington – Fences
 Don Cheadle – Miles Ahead
 Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation
 Parker Sawyers – Southside With You
 Denzel Washington – The Magnificent Seven Ruth Negga – Loving
 Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures
 Royalty Hightower – The Fits
 Sasha Lane – American Honey
 Madina Nwalanga – Queen of KatweBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
 Jovan Adepo – Fences
 Stephen McKinley Henderson – Fences
 André Holland – Moonlight
 Ashton Sanders – Moonlight Viola Davis – Fences
 Naomie Harris – Moonlight
 Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures
 Janelle Monáe – Moonlight
 Lupita Nyong'o – Queen of KatweBest Breakthrough Performance, MaleBest Breakthrough Performance, Female Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight
 Jovan Adepo – Fences
 Markees Christmas – Morris from America
 Alex Hibbert – Moonlight
 Ashton Sanders – Moonlight Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures
 Royalty Hightower – The Fits
 Leslie Jones – Ghostbusters
 Aja Naomi King – The Birth of a Nation
 Sasha Lane – American HoneyBest EnsembleBest Screenplay, Adapted or Original Yesi Ramirez – Moonlight
 Nicole Abellera and Jeanne McCarthy – Keanu
 Andrea Craven, Craig Fincannon, Lisa Mae Fincannon, Mary Vernieu, Michelle Wade Byrd – The Birth of a Nation
 Victoria Thomas – Fences
 Victoria Thomas – Hidden Figures Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
 Don Cheadle and Steven Baigelman – Miles Ahead
 Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation
 Jordan Peele and Alex Rubens – Keanu
 August Wilson – FencesBest Feature DocumentaryBest Voice Performance 13th – Ava DuVernay I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck
 Life, Animated – Roger Ross Williams
 Miss Sharon Jones! – Barbara Kopple
 O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman
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 Idris Elba – The Jungle Book
 Idris Elba – Finding Dory
 Idris Elba – Zootopia
 Dwayne Johnson – Moana
 Lupita Nyong'o – The Jungle BookBest Independent FeatureBest Independent Short American Honey – Andrea Arnold How to Tell You’re a Douchebag – Tahir Jetter
 Hunter Gatherer – Joshua Locy
 The Land – Steven Caple Jr.
 Morris from America – Chad Hartigan
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 $15 Kicks – Jenn Shaw #Whereisbeauty – Angela McCrae
 2 Fists Up – Spike Lee
 86-32 – Randy Wilkins
 Black Card – Pete Chatmon
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 Eye of the Storm (Burkina Faso) – Sékou Traoré Aisha (Tanzania) – Chande Omar
 Divines (France) – Uda Benyamina
 Lamb (Ethiopia) – Yared Zeleke
 Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It (Niger) – Christopher Kirley
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 Where the Road Runs Out – Rudolf Buitendach Ayanda – Sara Blecher
 The Cursed Ones – Nana Obiri Yeboah and Maximilian Claussen
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 Ezra Edelman – O.J.: Made in America
 Steven Caple Jr.  – The Land
 Tahir Jetter – How to Tell You’re a Douchebag
 Rita Coburn Whack – Maya Angelou and Still I Rise
 Yared Zeleke – Lamb Steven Caple Jr.  – The Land
 Hermon Hailay – Price of Love
 Yared Zeleke – LambBest Original or Adapted SongOutstanding Original Score "I'm Still Here" from Miss Sharon Jones! – Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
 "A Letter to the Free" from 13th – Common and Bilal
 "Back to Life" from Queen of Katwe – Alicia Keys
 "Start" from Southside With You – John Legend
 "Surrender" from Hidden Figures – Lalah Hathaway and Pharrell Williams Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
 Robert Glasper – Miles Ahead
 Henry Jackman – The Birth of a Nation
 Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer – Hidden Figures
 Marcelo Zarvos – Fences

 Telivisa 
Best Television Miniseries or MovieOutstanding Director in a Television Miniseries or Movie The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX) – Chip Vucelich, Alexis Martin Woodall and John Travolta
 American Crime (ABC) – Lori-Etta Taub
 Confirmation (HBO) – Darren M. Demetre
 Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (TV One) – Carl Craig, Teyonah Parris, Ron Robinson and Eric Tomosunas
 Roots (History Channel) – Ann Kindberg & Alissa M. Kantrow John Singleton – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story ("The Race Card") (FX)
 Angela Bassett – American Horror Story: Roanoke ("Episode 6") (FX)
 Thomas Carter – Roots ("Night 3") (History Channel)
 Anthony Hemingway – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story ("The Dream Team") (FX)
 John Ridley – American Crime ("Season Two, Episode One") (ABC)Best Actor in a TV Movie or Limited SeriesBest Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series Courtney B. Vance – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
 Michael Ealy – Secrets and Lies (ABC)
 Cuba Gooding Jr. – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
 Malachi Kirby – Roots (History Channel)
 Wendell Pierce – Confirmation (HBO) Kerry Washington – Confirmation (HBO)
 Rhyon Nicole Brown – Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le (Lifetime)
 Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (HBO)
 Sophie Okonedo – The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (PBS)
 Teyonah Parris – Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (TV One)Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited SeriesBest Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series Sterling K. Brown – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
 Andre Benjamin – American Crime (ABC)
 Curtis Hamilton – Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le (Lifetime)
 Tip "T.I." Harris – Roots (History Channel)
 Michael K. Williams – The Night Of (HBO) Regina King – American Crime (ABC)
 Angela Bassett – American Horror Story: Roanoke (FX)
 Emayatzy Corinealdi – Roots (History Channel)
 Anika Noni Rose – Roots (History Channel)
 Keesha Sharp – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)Outstanding Screenplay in a TV Movie or Limited SeriesBest Television Documentary or Special Joe Robert Cole – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story ("The Race Card") (FX)
 John Ridley – American Crime ("Season Two, Episode One") (ABC)
 Stella Meghie – Jean of the Joneses (TV One)
 Christine Swanson and Rhonda Baraka – Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (TV One)
 Joe Robert Cole – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story ("A Jury in Jail") (FX) Lemonade (HBO) – Beyoncé Knowles and Khalil Joseph
 Black America Since MLK: Still I Rise (HBO) – Talleah Bridges
 Hamilton’s America (PBS) – Alex Horowitz
 Jackie Robinson (HBO) – Ken Burns
 Streets of Compton (CBS) – Leon Knoles

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