Blacktrospective 2016

Best Big Budget Black Films

• 1. Fences
• 2. Loving
• 3. The Birth of a Nation
• 4. Free State of Jones
• 5. Race
• 6. Hidden Figures
• 7. Barbershop: The Next Cut
• 8. Southside with You
• 9. Miles Ahead
• 10. Queen of Katwe

Best Independent Black Films

• 1. Moonlight
• 2. Kicks
• 3. Sweaty Betty
• 4. The Perfect Match
• 5. Of Mind and Music
• 6. The Bounce Back
• 7. Morris from America
• 8. Mr. Church
• 9. Nina
• 10. The Fits

Best Black Documentaries

• 1. 13th
• 2. O.J.: Made in America
• 3. I Am Not Your Negro
• 4. Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
• 5. The Wake of Vanport
• 6. When Justice Isn't Just
• 7. Kevin Hart: What Now?
• 8. Presenting Princess Shaw
• 9. Do Not Resist
• 10. The Wake of Vanport 2

Best Actor (Lead Role)

• 1. Denzel Washington (Fences, The Magnificent Seven)
• 2. Nate Parker (The Birth of a Nation)
• 3. Jahking Guillory (Kicks)
• 4. Stephan James (Race)
• 5. Ice Cube (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
• 6. Markees Christmas (Morris from America)
• 7. Terrence Jenkins (The Perfect Match)
• 8. Don Cheadle (Miles Ahead)
• 9. Parker Sawyers (Southside with You)
• 10. Shemar Moore (The Bounce Back)

 Best Actor (Supporting Role)

• 1. Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Free State of Jones, Hidden Figures, Kicks)
• 2. J.B. Smoove (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
• 3. John Legend (La La Land)
• 4. Craig Robinson (Morris from America)
• 5. Forest Whitaker (Arrival)
• 6. Bill Bellamy (The Bounce Back)
• 7. Common (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
• 8. Christopher Jordan Wallace (Kicks)
• 9. Deon Cole (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
• 10. Isaac Ryan Brown (Believe)

 Best Actress (Lead Role)

•  1. Ruth Negga (Loving)
• 2. Viola Davis (Fences)
• 3. Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures)
• 4. Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
• 5. Janelle Monae (Hidden Figures)
• 6. Royalty Hightower (The Fits)
• 7. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Free State of Jones)
• 8. Aunjanue Ellis (Of Mind and Music)
• 9. Leslie Jones (Ghostbusters)
• 10. Zoe Saldana (Nina)

 Best Actress (Supporting Role)

• 1. Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
• 2. Gabrielle Union (The Birth of a Nation)
• 3. Janelle Monae (Moonlight)
• 4. Lupita Nyong'o (Queen of Katwe)
• 5. Regina Hall (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
• 6. Eve (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
• 7. Aunjanue Ellis (The Birth of a Nation)
• 8. Emayatzy Corinealdi (Miles Ahead)
• 9. Halle Berry (Kevin Hart: What Now?)
• 10. Nicki Minaj (Barbershop: The Next Cut)

Best Director (Big Budget Film)

• 1. Denzel Washington (Fences)
• 2. Antoine Fuqua (The Magnificent Seven)
• 3. Nate Parker (The Birth of a Nation)
• 4. Malcolm Lee (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
• 5. Don Cheadle (Miles Ahead)

Best Director (Independent Film)

• 1. Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
• 2. Justin Tipping (Kicks)
• 3. Billie Woodruff (The Perfect Match)
• 4. Zachary Reed and Joseph Frank (Sweaty Betty)

Best Director (Documentary Film)

• 1. Ava DuVernay (13th)
• 2. Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro)
• 3. Leslie Small and Tim Story (Kevin Hart: What Now?)
• 4. Rita Coburn Whack and Bob Hercules (Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise)