Black Reel Awards of 2015

The 2015 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, were announced on Thursday, February 19, 2015. Dear White People and Selma lead all films with ten nominations apiece.

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
Selma Belle Beyond the Lights Dear White People Top Five	Ava DuVernay - Selma Amma Asante - Belle Gina Prince-Bythewood - Beyond the Lights Chris Rock - Top Five Justin Simien - Dear White People
Best Actor	Best Actress
David Oyelowo - Selma Chadwick Boseman - Get On Up Nate Parker - Beyond the Lights Chris Rock - Top Five Denzel Washington - The Equalizer	Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Belle Rosario Dawson - Top Five Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Beyond the Lights Tessa Thompson- Dear White People Quvenzhane Wallis - Annie
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Wendell Pierce - Selma Nelsan Ellis - Get On Up David Oyelowo - A Most Violent Year Tyler Perry - Gone Girl Michael K. Williams - The Gambler	Carmen Ejogo - Selma Viola Davis - The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Teyonah Parris - Dear White People Zoe Saldana - Guardians of the Galaxy Octavia Spencer - Snowpiercer
Best Breakthrough Performance, Male	Best Breakthrough Performance, Female
Tyler James Williams - Dear White People Brandon Bell - Dear White People David Gyasi - Interstellar Andre Holland - Selma Stephan James - Selma	Teyonah Parris - Dear White People Jillian Estell - Black or White Patina Miller - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 Amber Stevens - 22 Jump Street Kuoth Wiel - The Good Lie
Best Cast (Ensemble) (Awarded to Casting Directors)	Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original
Selma - Aisha Coley Belle - Toby Whale Dear White People - Kim Coleman Get On Up - Kerry Barden & Paul Schnee Top Five - Victoria Thomas	Chris Rock - Top Five Gina Prince-Bythewood - Beyond the Lights John Ridley - Jimi: All Is by My Side Misan Sagay - Belle Justin Simien - Dear White People
Best Feature Documentary	Best Voice Performance
Anita: Speaking Truth to the Power - Freida Lee Mock I Am Ali - Clare Lewins Keep on Keepin’ On - Alan Hicks Time is Illmatic - One9 Virunga - Orlando von Einsiedel	Morgan Freeman - The LEGO Movie Vin Diesel - Guardians of the Galaxy Maya Rudolph - Big Hero 6 Zoe Saldana - The Book of Life Damon Wayans Jr. - Big Hero 6
Best Independent Feature	Best Independent Documentary
The Retrieval - Chris Eska 1982 - Tommy Oliver Christmas Wedding Baby - Kiara C. Jones CRU - Alton Glass Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind - Richie Adams	25 to Life - Mike Brown Evolution of a Criminal - Darius Clark Monroe Oscar Micheaux: The Czar of Black Hollywood - Bayer Mack Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People - Thomas Allen Harris
Best Independent Short	Best Foreign Film
#AmeriCan - Nate Parker Muted - Rachel Goldberg The Voodoo - Steven Alexander	Fishing Without Nets (Kenya) - Cutter Hodierne Difret (Ethiopia)- Zeresenay Mehari The Double! (U.K.) - Richard Ayoade Freedom Road (South Africa) - Shane Vermooten Half of a Yellow Sun (Nigeria) - Biyi Bandele
Best Original or Adapted Song	Outstanding Original Score
"Glory" from Selma - Performed by John Legend & Common; Written by John Legend, Common & Che Smith "It Ain’t Easy" from Top Five - Written & Performed by Questlove & Eliza Colby "It's On Again" from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Performed by Alicia Keys & Kendrick Lamar; Written by Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams, Hans Zimmer & Kendrick Lamar "Grateful" from Beyond the Lights - Performed by Rita Ora; Written by Diane Warren "What is Love" from Rio 2 - Performed by Janelle Monae; Written by Janelle Monae, Nathaniel Irvin III and Roman Irvin	Jason Moran - Selma Terence Blanchard - Black or White Kathryn Bostic - Dear White People Danny Bramson & Waddy Wachtel - Jimi: All Is by My Side Mask Isham - Beyond the Lights
Best Television Miniseries or Movie	Outstanding Director in a Television Miniseries or Movie
The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime) - Bill Haber, Cicely Tyson, Hallie Foote & Jeff Hayes A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime) - Tom Leonardis, Jeffrey M. Hayes, Bill Haber & Whoopi Goldberg Gun Hill (BET) - Reggie Rock Bythewood Rosemary’s Baby (NBC) - Zoe Saldana, Cisely Saldana, Mariel Saldana, Tom Patricia & Robert Bernacchi Seasons of Love (Lifetime) - Joshua A. Green, Asger Hussain & Yaron Schwartzman	Reggie Rock Bythewood - Gun Hill (BET) Shernold Edwards - A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime) Dayna Lynne North - An En Vogue Christmas (Lifetime) Peres Owino & Sharon Brathwaite-Sanders - Seasons of Love (Lifetime) Kimberly Walker - Comeback Dad (UP)
Best Actor in a Television Miniseries or Movie	Best Actress in a Television Miniseries or Movie
Larenz Tate - Gun Hill (BET) Charles S. Dutton - Comeback Dad (UP) David Alan Grier - An En Vogue Christmas (Lifetime) Ving Rhames - A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime) Keith Robinson - Lyfe’s Journey (UP)	Cicely Tyson - The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime) Whoopi Goldberg - A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime) Imani Hakim - The Gabby Douglas Story (Lifetime) LeToya Luckett - Seasons of Love (Lifetime) Zoe Saldana - Rosemary's Baby (NBC)
Best Supporting Actor in a Television Miniseries or Movie	Best Supporting Actress in a Television Miniseries or Movie
Blair Underwood - The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime) Richard T. Jones - Lyfe’s Journey (UP) Harry Lennix - The Fright Night Files (TVOne) Mekhi Phifer - A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime) Bokeem Woodbine - The Fright Night Files (TVOne)	Anika Noni Rose - A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime) Tichina Arnold - A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime) Kimberly Elise - A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime) Aisha Hinds - Gun Hill (BET) Vanessa L. Williams - The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime)
Outstanding Screenplay (Original or Adapted) in a Television Miniseries or Movie	Best Television Documentary or Special
Reggie Rock Bythewood - Gun Hill (BET) Stan Foster - My Other Mother (UP) Princess Monique - Seasons of Love (Lifetime) Russ Parr & R.L. Scott - The Fright Night Files (TVOne) Ryan Richmond - Lyfe’s Journey (UP)	Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (HBO) - Alex Gibney Finding the Funk (VH1) - Nelson George On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay Z (HBO) - Jonas Akerlund The Tanning of America: One Nation Under Hip-Hop (VH1) - Billy Corben & Alfred Spellman Terror at the Mall (HBO) - Dan Reed