By Matt Neglia
The Black Reel Awards (BRas) have announced their nominations for the best in film for 2017.
Click below to see the nominations.
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE
Detroit
Get Out
Girl’s Trip
Marshall
Mudbound
BEST ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman – Marshall
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Algee Smith – Detroit
LaKeith Stanfield – Crown Heights
Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq.
BEST ACTRESS
Simone Baker – Gook
Carmen Ejogo – It Comes At Night
Natalie Paul – Crown Heights
Amanda Stenberg – Everything, Everything
Jessica Williams – The Incredible Jessica James
BEST DIRECTOR
Margaret Betts – Novitiate
Reginald Hudlin – Marshall
Malcolm D. Lee – Girl’s Trip
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Dee Rees – Mudbound
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Idris Elba – Molly’s Game
Laurence Fishburne – Last Flag Flying
Jamie Foxx – Baby Driver
Lil Rey Howery – Get Out
Jason Mitchell – Mudbound
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
Betty Gabriel – Get Out
Tiffany Haddish – Girl’s Trip
Octavia Spencer – The Shape Of Water
Tessa Thompson – Thor: Ragnarok
BEST SCREENPLAY
Burning Sands
Get Out
Girl’s Trip
Mudbound
Novitiate
BEST ENSEMBLE
Detroit
Get Out
Girl’s Trip
Marshall
Mudbound
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Chasing Trane
Let It Fall
Step
Strong Island
Whose Streets?
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Felicite
Katikati
The Wound
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