By Matt Neglia
The Black Reel Awards (BRA) have announced their winners for the best in film for 2017.
Click below to see the winners.
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 BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE – MALE
Nnamdi Asomugha – Crown Heights
LilRel Howery – Get Out
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
J. Quinton Johnson – Last Flag Flying
Sterling K. Brown – Marshall
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE – FEMALE
Natalie Paul – Crown Heights
Tiffany Haddish – Girl’s Trip
Jessica Williams – The Incredible Jessica James
Betty Gabriel – Get Out
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
BEST EMERGING FILMMAKER
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Margaret Betts – Novitiate
Damon Davis & Sabaah Folayan – Whose Streets?
Malik Vitthal – Imperial Dreams
J.D. Dillard – Sleight
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Burning Sands
Novitiate
Tourments d’amour
Imperial Dreams
Sleight
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Chasing Trane
Let It Fall
Step
Strong Island
Whose Streets?
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Felicite
Katikati
The Wound
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
La Vie Magnifique De Charlie
Stand Up For Something – Marshall
Mighty River – Mudbound
Jump – Step
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Detroit
Girl’s Trip
Marshall
Get Out
Gook
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE
Kevin Hart – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Vin Diesel – Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Maya Rudolph – The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature
Jenifer Lewis – Cars 3
Maya Rudolph – The Emoji Movie
For more information on the winners click here.
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