Black Reel Awards of 2003

Here are the nominees and winners of the 2003 Black Reel Awards.^[1]

Category	Winner	Nominees
Best Film	Antwone Fisher	25th Hour Barbershop Drumline Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Best Film Poster	Blade II	Undercover Brother Queen of the Damned Changing Lanes Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Best Director	Denzel Washington (Antwone Fisher)	Spike Lee (25th Hour) Tim Story (Barbershop) Malcolm D. Lee (Undercover Brother) Charles Stone III (Drumline)
Best Actor	Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher)	Samuel L. Jackson (Changing Lanes) Ice Cube (Barbershop) Wesley Snipes (Undisputed) Denzel Washington (John Q)
Best Actress	Angela Bassett (Sunshine State)	Sanaa Lathan (Brown Sugar) Thandie Newton (The Truth About Charlie) Aunjanue Ellis (Undercover Brother) Kimberly Elise (John Q)
Best Supporting Actor	Dennis Haysbert (Far From Heaven)	Denzel Washington (Antwone Fisher) Cedric the Entertainer (Barbershop) Morgan Freeman (The Sum of All Fears) Forest Whitaker (Panic Room)
Best Supporting Actress	Queen Latifah (Chicago)	Rosario Dawson (25th Hour) Joy Bryant (Antwone Fisher) Viola Davis (Solaris) Halle Berry (Die Another Day)
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original	Antwone Fisher (Antwone Fisher)	Michael Elliott (Brown Sugar) Michael Elliott and Jordan Moffet (Like Mike) John Ridley (Undercover Brother) Mark Brown and Don S. Scott (Barbershop)
Best Breakthrough Performance	Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher)	Lil' Bow Wow (Like Mike) Beyoncé Knowles (Austin Powers in Goldmember) Raven Goodwin (Lovely & Amazing) Nick Cannon (Drumline)
Best Original Soundtrack	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Barbershop Undercover Brother Brown Sugar 8 Mile
Best Original or Adapted Song	Erykah Badu (feat. Common) ("Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" from Brown Sugar)	Angie Stone ("Bring Your Heart" from Brown Sugar) Lil' Bow Wow (feat. Fabolous and Jermaine Dupri) ("Basketball" from Like Mike) Snoop Dogg (feat. Fred Wesley and Bootsy Collins) ("We Got the Funk" from Undercover Brother) Beyoncé ("Work It Out" from Austin Powers in Goldmember)
Best Film (Television Movie/Mini-Series)	The Rosa Parks Story	Keep the Faith, Baby Lift
Best Director (Television Movie/Mini-Series)	Robert Townsend (10,000 Black Men Named George)	Julie Dash (The Rosa Parks Story) Doug McHenry (Keep the Faith, Baby)
Best Actor (Television Movie/Mini-Series)	Harry J. Lennix (Keep the Faith, Baby)	Ving Rhames (Sins of the Father) Andre Braugher (10,000 Black Men Named George)
Best Actress (Television Movie/Mini-Series)	Angela Bassett (The Rosa Parks Story)	Vanessa L. Williams (Keep the Faith, Baby) Kerry Washington (Lift)
Best Supporting Actor (Television Movie/Mini-Series)	Charles S. Dutton (10,000 Black Men Named George)	Peter Francis James (The Rosa Parks Story) Russell Hornsby (Keep the Faith, Baby)
Best Supporting Actress (Television Movie/Mini-Series)	Cicely Tyson (The Rosa Parks Story)	Vanessa A. Williams (Our America) Lonette McKee (Lift)
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original (Television Movie/Mini-Series)	Paris Qualles (The Rosa Parks Story)	Art Washington (Keep the Faith, Baby) LeAlan Jones, Lloyd Newman and David Isay (Our America)
Best Independent Film	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Biggie & Tupac Crazy As Hell
Best Independent Film Actor	Eriq La Salle (Crazy As Hell)	Michael Beach (Crazy As Hell) Mos Def (Civil Brand)
Best Independent Film Actress	Erika Alexander (30 Years to Life)	Monica Calhoun (Pandora's Box) Melissa De Sousa (30 Years to Life)
Best Original Television Program	Jim Brown: All-American	N/A

References

1. http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2003