Winners

2014

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave

Outstanding Actress
Danai Gurira | Mother of George

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong’o | 12 Years a Slave

Outstanding Director
Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave

Outstanding Screenplay
John Ridley | 12 Years a Slave

Outstanding Film
12 Years a Slave

Outstanding Documentary
20 Feet From Stardom | Morgan Neville

Outstanding Ensemble
12 Years a Slave | Francine Maiser

Outstanding Foreign Film
War Witch | Canada

Outstanding Score
Hans Zimmer | 12 Years a Slave

Outstanding Original Song
“Desperation” by Judith Hill | 20 Feet From Stardom

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
Lupita Nyong’o | 12 Years a Slave

Outstanding Voice Performance
Samuel L. Jackson | Turbo

INDEPENDENT

Outstanding Independent Feature
Blue Caprice | Alexandre Moors

Outstanding Independent Documentary
The New Black | Yoruba Richen

Outstanding Independent Short
Black Girl in Paris | Kiandra Parks

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Documentary
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Whoopi Goldberg

Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

Outstanding TV Movie Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor | Dancing on Edge

Outstanding TV Movie Actress
Anika Noni Rose | The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie
Omari Hardwick | Being Mary Jane

Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie
Octavia Spencer | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Outstanding Director, TV Movie
Spike Lee | Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

Outstanding Screenplay, TV Movie
Mara Brock Akil | Being Mary Jane

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 2013

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Denzel Washington | Flight

Outstanding Actress
Quvenzhane Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Samuel L. Jackson | Django Unchained

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Naomie Harris | Skyfall

Outstanding Director
Ava DuVernay | Middle of Nowhere

Outstanding Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Ava DuVernay | Middle of Nowhere

Outstanding Film
Beasts of the Southern Wild

Outstanding Documentary
The Central Park Five | Sarah Burns, Ken Burns & David McMahon

Outstanding Ensemble
Django Unchained | Victoria Thomas

Outstanding Foreign Film
The Intouchables | France

Outstanding Score
Dan Romer & Behn Zeitilin | Beasts of the Southern Wild

Outstanding Song
John Legend “Who Did That to You” | Django Unchained

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance
Quvenzhane Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild

Outstanding Voice Performance
Dennis Haysbert | Wreck-it Ralph

INDEPENDENT

Outstanding Independent Film
LUV | Sheldon Candis

Outstanding Independent Documentary
Soul Food Junkies | Byron Hurt

Outstanding Independent Short
The Bluest Note | Marques Green

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Documentary
Brooklyn Boheme | Nelson George & Diane Paragas

Outstanding Television Movie
A Beautiful Soul | TVOne

Outstanding Television Actor
Sean Patrick Thomas | Murder on the 13th Floor

Outstanding Television Actress
Aunjanue Ellis | Abducted: The Carlina White Story

Outstanding Television Supporting Actor
Courtney B. Vance | Let It Shine

Outstanding Television Supporting Actress
Alfre Woodard | Steel Magnolias

Outstanding Television Director
Vondie Curtis-Hall | Abducted: The Carlina White Story

Outstanding Television Screenplay
Elizabeth Hunter | Abducted: The Carlina White Story

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2012

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
John Boyega| Attack the Block

Outstanding Actress
Viola Davis | The Help

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Don Cheadle | The Guard

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer | The Help

Outstanding Director
Steve McQueen | Shame

Outstanding Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Steve McQueen | Shame

Outstanding Film
The Help| DreamWorks

Outstanding Ensemble
The Help | DreamWorks

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance
Adepero Oduye | Pariah

Outstanding Original Song
“The Living Proof” | Mary J. Blige (The Help)

Outstanding Score
Thomas Newman | The Help

Outstanding Foreign Film
Attack the Block | The United Kingdom

Outstanding Documentary
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | Michael Rapaport

INDEPENDENT

Outstanding Independent Feature
My Last Day Without You | Stefan C. Schaefer

Outstanding Independent Mini-Feature
Wake | Bree Newsome

Outstanding Independent Documentary
Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat By the Door | Christine Acham and Clifford Ward

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Performance, Male
Idris Elba | Luther

Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Performance, Female
Taraji P. Henson | Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

Outstanding Television Documentary
Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation | VH1 (Richard Low and Martin Torgoff)

Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Film
Thurgood – HBO (Michael Stevens)

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2011

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Anthony Mackie | Night Catches Us

Outstanding Actress
Kerry Washington | Night Catches Us

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Wesley Snipes | Brooklyn’s Finest

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Phylicia Rashad  | For Colored Girls

Outstanding Director
Allen and Albert Hughes | The Book of Eli

Outstanding Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Tanya Hamilton | Night Catches Us

Outstanding Film
Night Catches Us | Magnolia

Outstanding Ensemble
For Colored Girls | Lionsgate

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance
Tessa Thompson | For Colored Girls

Outstanding Original Song
“Shine” | John Legend (Waiting For Superman)

Outstanding Score
The Roots | Night Catches Us

Outstanding Documentary
Waiting For Superman | Paramount

INDEPENDENT

Outstanding Independent Feature
Preacher’s Kid | Stan Foster

Outstanding Independent Mini-Feature
Katrina’s Son | Ya’ke Smith

Outstanding Independent Documentary
For the Best and For the Onion | Elhadj Magori Sani

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Documentary
If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise | Spike Lee

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2010

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Morgan Freeman | Invictus

Outstanding Actress
Gabourey Sidibe | Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Anthony Mackie | The Hurt Locker

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Mo’Nique | Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

Outstanding Director
Lee Daniels | Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

Outstanding Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Geoffrey Fletcher | Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

Outstanding Film
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire | Liongate

Outstanding Ensemble
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire | Lionsgate

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance
Gabourey Sidibe | Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

Outstanding Original Song
“Almost There” | Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog)

Outstanding Voice Performance
Anika Noni Rose | The Princess and the Frog

Outstanding Documentary
Good Hair | Roadside Attractions

INDEPENDENT

Outstanding Independent Feature
Mississippi Damned | Tina Mabry

Outstanding Independent Mini-Feature
(Mis)leading Man | Morocco Omari

Outstanding Independent Documentary
Without Bias | Kirk Fraser

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Documentary
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry | HBO

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2009

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Dev Patel |  Slumdog Millionaire

Outstanding Actress
Queen Latifah | The Secret Life of Bees

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Jeffrey Wright | Cadillac Records

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Viola Davis | Doubt

Outstanding Director
Gina Prince-Bythewood | The Secret Life of Bees

Outstanding Film
Cadillac Records | TriStar Pictures

Outstanding Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Gina Prince-Bythewood | The Secret Life of Bees

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance
Dev Patel | Slumdog Millionaire

Outstanding Ensemble
Cadillac Records | TriStar Pictures

Outstanding Soundtrack
Slumdog Millionaire | Fox Searchlight

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2008

No awards

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2007

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland

Outstanding Actress
Keke Palmer | Akeelah and the Bee

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Djimon Hounsou | Blood Diamond

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls

Outstanding Film Director
Spike Lee | Inside Man

Outstanding Film Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Kriss Turner | Something New

Outstanding Film Breakthrough Performance
Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls

Outstanding Film Original Soundtrack
Dreamgirls

Outstanding Film Original Score
Harvey Mason Jr. & Damon Thomas | Dreamgirls

Outstanding Song, Original or Adapted
“And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” | Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)

Outstanding Film
Dreamgirls

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2006

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Terrence Howard | Hustle & Flow

Outstanding Actress, Drama
Kimberly Elise | Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Terrence Howard | Crash

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Taraji P. Henson | Hustle & Flow

Outstanding Film Director
Thomas Carter | Coach Carter

Outstanding Film Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Norman Vance, Jr. | Roll Bounce

Outstanding Film Breakthrough Performance
Brandon T. Jackson | Roll Bounce

Outstanding Ensemble
Crash | Lions Gate

Outstanding Film Original Soundtrack
Hustle & Flow | WEA

Outstanding Film, Drama
Crash | Lions Gate

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Actor
Michael Ealy |  Their Eyes Were Watching God

Outstanding Television Actress
S. Epatha Merkerson | Lackawanna Blues

Outstanding Television Supporting Actor
Jeffrey Wright | Lackawanna Blues

Outstanding Television Supporting Actress
Carmen Ejogo | Lackawanna Blues

Outstanding Television Director
George C. Wolfe | Lackawanna Blues

Outstanding Television Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Lackawanna Blues

Outstanding Television Documentary
Unstoppable: A Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks and Ossie Davis | Starz in Black

Outstanding Television Film
Lackawanna Blues | HBO

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT

Vanguard Award (Entertainer of the Year)
Terrence Howard

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2005

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor, Drama
Jamie Foxx | Ray

Outstanding Actor, Musical or Comedy
Bernie Mac | Mr. 3000

Outstanding Actress, Drama
Sophie Okonedo | Hotel Rwanda

Outstanding Actress, Musical or Comedy
Irma P. Hall | The Ladykillers

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Jamie Foxx | Collateral

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Sharon Warren | Ray

Outstanding Film Director
Mario Van Peebles | Baadasssss!

Outstanding Film Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Mario Van Peebles |  Baadasssss!

Outstanding Film Breakthrough Performance
Sharon Warren | Ray

Outstanding Film Original Score
Ray Charles and Stephen Altman | Ray

Outstanding Film, Drama
Ray | Universal

Outstanding Film, Musical or Comedy
Sony Pictures Classic | Lightning in a Bottle

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Actor
Jamie Foxx | Redemption: The Stan “Tookie” Williams Story

Outstanding Television Actress
Lynn Whitfield | Redemption: The Stan “Tookie” Williams Story

Outstanding Television Supporting Actor
Clayton LeBeauf | Something the Lord Made

Outstanding Television Supporting Actress
CCH Pounder | Redemption: The Stan “Tookie” Williams Story

Outstanding Television Director
Vondie Curtis-Hall | Redemption: The Stan “Tookie” Williams Story

Outstanding Television Screenplay, Original or Adapted
J.T. Allen | Redemption: The Stan “Tookie” Williams Story

Outstanding Television Original Program
America Behind the Color Line: Black Hollywood | PBS

Outstanding Television Film
Something the Lord Made | HBO

INDEPENDENT

Outstanding Independent Actor
Mos Def | The Woodsman

Outstanding Independent Actress
Kimberly Elise | Woman Thou Art Loosed

Outstanding Independent Director
Michael Schultz | Woman Thou Art Loosed

Outstanding Independent Film
The Woodsman | Newmarket Films

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT

Vanguard Award (Entertainer of the Year)
Jamie Foxx

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2004

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor | Dirty Pretty Things

Outstanding Actress, Drama
Sanaa Lathan | Out of Time

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Djimon Hounsou | In America

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Anna Devere Smith | The Human Stain

Outstanding Film Director
F. Gary Gray | The Italian Job

Outstanding Film Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Gary Hardwick, James Iver Mattson and B.E. Brauner | Deliver Us From Eva

Outstanding Film Breakthrough Performance
Naomie Harris | 28 Days

Outstanding Film Soundtrack
The Fighting Temptations | Sony

Outstanding Film Song
“He Still Loves Me” | Beyonce Knowles and Walter Williams, Sr.
(The Fighting Temptations)

Outstanding Film
Out of Time | MGM/UA

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Actor
Forest Whitaker | Deacons for Defense

Outstanding Television Actress
Suzzanne Douglas | Sounder

Outstanding Television Supporting Actor
Jeffrey Wright | Angels in America

Outstanding Television Supporting Actress
Mo’Nique | Good Fences

Outstanding Television Director
Bill Duke | Deacons for Defense

Outstanding Television Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Richard Wesley and Frank Military | Deacons for Defense

Outstanding Television Original Program
Unchained Memories: Readings From the Slave Narratives | HBO

Outstanding Television Film
Deacons for Defense | Showtime

INDEPENDENT

Outstanding Independent Film
Anne B. Real | Screen Media Ventures

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT

Foreign Film
City of God | Miramax

Documentary Film
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Artisan Entertainment

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2003

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Derek Luke | Antwone Fisher

Outstanding Actress, Drama
Angela Bassett | Sunshine State

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Dennis Haysbert | Far From Heaven

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Queen Latifah | Chicago

Outstanding Film Director
Denzel Washington | Antwone Fisher

Outstanding Film Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Antwone Quenton Fisher | Antwone Fisher

Outstanding Film Breakthrough Performance
Derek Luke | Antwone Fisher

Outstanding Film Soundtrack
Standing in the Shadows of Motown | Hip-O Records

Outstanding Film Song
“Love of My Life: An Ode to Hip Hop” | Raphael Saddiq and Erykah Badu (Brown Sugar)

Outstanding Film
Antwone Fisher | Fox Searchlight

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Actor
Harry Lennix | Keep the Faith, Baby

Outstanding Television Actress
Angela Bassett | The Rosa Parks Story

Outstanding Television Supporting Actor
Charles S. Dutton | 10,000 Black Men Named George

Outstanding Television Supporting Actress
Cicely Tyson | The Rosa Parks Story

Outstanding Television Director
Robert Townsend | 10,000 Black Men Named George

Outstanding Television Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Paris Qualles | The Rosa Parks Story

Outstanding Television Original Program
Jim Brown All American | HBO

Outstanding Television Film
The Rosa Parks Story | CBS

INDEPENDENT

Outstanding Independent Actor
Eriq LaSalle | Crazy as Hell

Outstanding Independent Actress
Erika Alexander | 30 Years to Life

Outstanding Independent Film
Standing in the Shadows of Motown | Artisan Entertainment

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2002

FEATURE

Outstanding Best Actor
Denzel Washington | Training Day

Outstanding Actress, Drama
Halle Berry | Monster’s Ball

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Jamie Foxx | Ali

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Nona Gaye | Ali

Outstanding Film Director
Antoine Fuqua | Training Day

Outstanding Film Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Jordan Walker-Perlman | The Visit

Outstanding Film Soundtrack
Ali | Interscope

Outstanding Film Song
Love Don’t Love Me | Eric Benet (The Brothers)

Outstanding Film Poster
Training Day | Warner Bros.

Outstanding Film
Training Day | Warner Bros.

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Actor
Morris Chestnut | The Killing Yard

Outstanding Television Actress
Angela Bassett | Ruby’s Bucket of Blood

Outstanding Television Supporting Actor
Terrence Howard | Boycott

Outstanding Television Supporting Actress
Kimberly Elise | Bojangles

Outstanding Television Director
Reggie Rock Bythewood | Dancing in September

Outstanding Television Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Reggie Rock Bythewood | Dancing in September

Outstanding Television Original Program
32nd NAACP Image Awards | FOX

Outstanding Television Film
Boycott | HBO

INDEPENDENT

Outstanding Independent Actor
Rockmond Dunbar | Punks

Outstanding Independent Film
The Visit | Shoreline Entertainment

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2001

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Denzel Washington | Remember the Titans

Outstanding Actress, Drama
Sanaa Lathan | Love & Basketball

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Don Cheadle | Traffic

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Gabrielle Union | Bring It On

Outstanding Film Director
Gina Prince-Bythewood | Love & Basketball

Outstanding Film Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Gregory Allen Howard | Remember the Titans

Outstanding Film Soundtrack
Love & Basketball | New Line

Outstanding Film Song
“Fool of Me” | Me’Shell Ndegeocello (Love & Basketball)

Outstanding Film Poster
Love & Basketball | New Line

Outstanding Film
Love & Basketball | New Line

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Actor
T.K. Carter | The Corner

Outstanding Television Actress
Khandi Alexander | The Corner

Outstanding Television Supporting Actor
Glenn Plummer | The Corner

Outstanding Television Supporting Actress
Diahann Carroll | Sally Hemmings: An American Scandal

Outstanding Television Director
Charles S. Dutton | The Corner

Outstanding Television Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Edward Burns, David Mills and David Simon – The Corner

Outstanding Television Original Program
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks | HBO

Outstanding Television Film
The Corner | HBO

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2000

FEATURE

Outstanding Actor
Denzel Washington | The Hurricane

Outstanding Actress, Drama
Nia Long | The Best Man

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Michael Clarke Duncan | The Green Mile

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Erykah Badu | The Cider House Rules

Outstanding Film Director
Malcolm D. Lee | The Best Man

Outstanding Film Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Malcolm D. Lee | The Best Man

Outstanding Film Soundtrack
The Best Man | Columbia

Outstanding Film
The Hurricane | Universal

TELEVISION

Outstanding Television Actor
Don Cheadle | A Lesson Before Dying

Outstanding Television Actress
Halle Berry | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Outstanding Television Supporting Actor
Mekhi Phifer | A Lesson Before Dying

Outstanding Television Supporting Actress
Cicely Tyson | A Lesson Before Dying

Outstanding Television Director
Louis Gossett, Jr. | Love Songs

Outstanding Television Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Ernest J. Gaines and Anne Peacock | A Lesson Before Dying

Outstanding Television Film
A Lesson Before Dying | HBO