Black Reel Awards of 2005

Here are the nominees and winners of the 2005 Black Reel Awards.

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