Get Out Dominates In 18th Annual Black Reel Award NominationsPosted by Wilson Morales
December 15, 2017
The 18th Annual Black Reel Award nominees were announced earlier this morning. Writer/director Jordan Peele’s funny, scary and thought-provoking look at interracial politics, Get Out, garnered 12 nominations from the 18th Annual Black Reel Awards, making it the third-most recognized film in the award’s history.
Premiering to both critical and popular acclaim, Get Out was nominated for Outstanding Picture, Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male for Daniel Kaluuya, as well as Outstanding Director, Outstanding Screenplay, and Oustanding Emerging Director nods for Jordan Peele. In addition, the film scored multiple nominations for Lil Rel Howery (Oustanding Supporting Actor and Oustanding Breakthrough Performance, Male), Betty Gabriel (Oustanding Supporting Actress and Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female), Outstanding Ensemble, and Outstanding Score.
Dee Ree’s winning-adaptation depicting the story of two World War II veterans, Mudbound, scored eight nominations including Outstanding Picture, Outstanding Director for Dee Rees, Outstanding Screenplay for Virgil Williams and Rees, as well as Outstanding Supporting Actress, Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female and Oustanding Song for Mary J. Blige. The film also recognized Jason Mitchell for Oustanding Supporting Actor and also scored an Outstanding Ensemble nomination.
Both Marshall and Girls Trip each scored seven nominations each and will compete for Oustanding Picture honors. The story of the reunion of the “Flossy Posse” continues the momentum for Tiffany Haddish, who scored Oustanding Supporting Actress and Oustanding Breakthrough Performance, Female nods, Oustanding Screenplay for Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver), Outstanding Director for Malcolm Lee. Director Reginald Hudlin’s story of famed future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall scored nods for Chadwick Boseman (Oustanding Actor), Sterling K. Brown (Oustanding Breakthrough Performance, Male), Outstanding Song, Outstanding Score, and Ensemble.
Other highlights include both Universal and Netflix pacing studio nominations each scoring 19 nominations, directors Maggie Betts and Peele receiving four nominations apiece and Denzel Washington receiving his 21st nomination for his performance in Roman J. Israel, Esq.
NOTE: Second-round voting will being next Tuesday, December 19th and will conclude on Wednesday, December 20th.
Check out the nominations, below:
18th Annual Black Reel Awards Nominations
Outstanding Motion Picture
Detroit (Annapurna Pictures)
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Matthew Budman, Megan Ellison, Colin Wilson, producers
Get Out (Universal Pictures)
Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. & Jordan Peele, producers
Girls Trip (Universal Pictures)
Malcolm D. Lee & Will Packer, producers
Marshall (Open Road Films)
Reginald Hudlin, Jonathan Sanger & Paula Wagner, producers
Mudbound (Netflix)
Carl Effenson, Sally Jo Effenson, Cassian Elwes, Charles King, Christopher Lemole, Kim Roth & Tim Zajaros, producers
Outstanding Actor
CHADWICK BOSEMAN
Marshall
DANIEL KALUUYA
Get Out
ALGEE SMITH
Detroit
LAKEITH STANFIELD
Crown Heights
DENZEL WASHINGTON
Roman J. Israel Esq.
Outstanding Actress
SIMONE BAKER
Gook
CARMEN EJOGO
It Comes at Night
NATALIE PAUL
Crown Heights
AMANDLA STENBERG
Everything, Everything
JESSICA WILLIAMS
The Incredible Jessica James
Outstanding Director
MARGARET BETTS
Novitiate
REGINALD HUDLIN
Marshall
MALCOLM D. LEE
Girls Trip
JORDAN PEELE
Get Out
DEE REES
Mudbound
Outstanding Supporting Actor
IDRIS ELBA
Molly’s Game
LAURENCE FISHBURNE
Last Flag Flying
JAMIE FOXX
Baby Driver
LIL REL HOWERY
Get Out
JASON MITCHELL
Mudbound
Outstanding Supporting Actress
MARY J. BLIGE
Mudbound
BETTY GABRIEL
Get Out
TIFFANY HADDISH
Girls Trip
OCTAVIA SPENCER
The Shape of Water
TESSA THOMPSON
Thor: Ragnarok
Outstanding Screenplay
BURNING SANDS
Gerald McMurray & Christine T. Berg
GET OUT
Jordan Peele
GIRLS TRIP
Kenya Barris & Tracey Oliver
MUDBOUND
Dee Rees & Virgil Williams
NOVITIATE
Margaret Betts
Outstanding Ensemble
DETROIT
Victoria Thomas, casting director
GET OUT
Terri Taylor, casting director
GIRLS TRIP
Mary Vernieu & Michelle Wade Byrd, casting directors
MARSHALL
Victoria Thomas, casting director
MUDBOUND
Billy Hopkins & Ashley Ingram, casting directors
Outstanding Documentary Feature
CHASING TRANE: THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY
John Scheinfeld, director
LET IT FALL: LOS ANGELES 1982-1992
John Ridley, director
STEP
Amanda Lipitz, director
STRONG ISLAND
Yance Ford, director
WHOSE STREETS?
Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis, directors
Outstanding Foreign-Language Film
FELICITE (FRANCE)
Alain Gomis, director
KATI KATI (KENYA)
Mbithi Masya, director
THE WOUND (SOUTH AFRICA)
John Trengove, director
Outstanding Voice Performance
VIN DIESEL
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
KEVIN HART
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
JENIFER LEWIS
Cars 3
MAYA RUDOLPH
The Emoji Movie
MAYA RUDOLPH
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
Outstanding Score
DETROIT
James Newton Howard, composer
GET OUT
Michael Abels, composer
GIRLS TRIP
David Newman, composer
GOOK
Roger Suen, composer
MARSHALL
Marcus Miller, composer
Outstanding Original Song
“BEST OF ME” (LA VIE MAGNIFIQUE DE CHARLIE)
Kortnee Price, performer; Jeff Paige, Jypsy Nichols, Bobby Huntley and Nikki Wade, writers
“JUMP” (STEP)
Cynthia Enrivo, performer; Taura Stinson, Raphael Saadiq and Laura Karpman, writers
“MIGHTY RIVER” (MUDBOUND)
Mary J. Blige, performer; Raphael Saadiq, Mary J. Blige & Taura Stinson, writers
“STAND UP FOR SOMETHING” (MARSHALL)
Andra Day & Common, performers; Common & Dianne Warren, writers
“STARLIGHT” (ZO! MAKING OF SKYBREAK)
Zo! & Phonte, performers; L. Ferguson, P. Coleman, writers
Outstanding Independent Feature
BURNING SANDS (Netflix)
Gerald McMurray, director
CROWN HEIGHTS (Amazon Studios/IFC)
Matt Ruskin, director
GOOK (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Justin Chon, director
IMPERIAL DREAMS (Netflix)
Malik Vitthal, director
THE INCREDIBLE JESSICA JAMES (Netflix)
Jim Strouse, director
Outstanding Independent Short
90 DAYS
Jennia Fredrique & Nathan Hale Williams, directors
AMELIA’S CLOSET
Halima Lucas, director
GEMA
Kenrick Prince, director
OSCAR MICHEAUX
JD Walker, director
SEE YOU YESTERDAY
Stefon Bristol, director
Outstanding Independent Documentary
BACK TO NATURAL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM
Gillian Scott-Ward, director
QUEST
Jonathan Olshefski, director
TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Stanley Nelson, director
YEMANJA: WISDOM FROM THE AFRICAN HEART OF BRAZIL
Donna Roberts & Donna Reed, directors
ZO! MAKING SKYBREAK!
Donnie Seales Jr., director
Outstanding World Cinema Motion Picture
BROWN GIRL BEGINS (CANADA)
Sharon Lewis, director
CARGO (BAHAMAS)
Kareem Mortimer, director
A UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
Amma Asante, director
Outstanding Emerging Director
MARGARET BETTS
Novitiate
DAMON DAVIS & SABAAH FOLAYAN
Whose Streets?
JD DILLARD
Sleight
JORDAN PEELE
Get Out
MALIK VITTHAL
Imperial Dreams
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
NNAMDI ASOMUGHA
Crown Heights
STERLING K. BROWN
Marshall
J. QUINTON JOHNSON
Last Flag Flying
DANIEL KALUUYA
Get Out
LIL REL HOWERY
Get Out
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
MARY J. BLIGE
Mudbound
BETTY GABRIEL
Get Out
TIFFANY HADDISH
Girls Trip
NATALIE PAUL
Crown Heights
JESSICA WILLIAMS
The Incredible Jessica James
Outstanding First Screenplay
BURNING SANDS
Gerald McMurray & Christine T. Berg
IMPERIAL DREAMS
Malik Vitthal & Ismet Prcic
NOVITIATE
Margaret Betts
SLEIGHT
J.D. Dillard & Alex Theurer
TOURMENT d’AMOUR
Caroline Jules
