2023 Black Reel Awards

Outstanding Film: American Fiction

Outstanding Director: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Outstanding Lead Performance: Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Outstanding Supporting Performance: Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

Outstanding Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Outstanding Documentary: Little Richard: I Am Everything
Outstanding International Film: Rye Lane
Outstanding Independent Film: A Thousand and One
Outstanding Short Film: Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games

Outstanding Ensemble: The Color Purple

Outstanding Voice Performance: Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Outstanding Emerging Director: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance: Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Outstanding First Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Outstanding Cinematography: Jomo Fray, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Outstanding Editing: Michael Andrews, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Outstanding Production Design: Paul D. Austerberry, The Color Purple
Outstanding Costume Design: Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, The Color Purple
Outstanding Hairstyling & Makeup: Lawrence Davis and Carol Rasheed, The Color Purple
Outstanding Score: Kris Bowers, The Color Purple
Outstanding Original Song: “Keep It Movin’” from The Color Purple
Outstanding Soundtrack: The Color Purple


Special awards

Diahann Carroll Icon Award: Shonda Rhimes
Oscar Micheaux Memorial Award: Ruth E. Carter
Ruby Dee Humanitarian Award: Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sidney Poitier Trailblazer Award: Samuel L. Jackson
Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award: Colman Domingo