Black Reel Awards of 2010

Here are the winners and nominees for the 2010 Black Reel Awards.^[1] Precious (film) took home a record breaking 7 wins.

• Films that earned Academy Award nominations or wins:
  • Best Picture: The Blind Side, Precious
  • Best Director: Lee Daniels, Precious
  • Best Animated Feature: The Princess and the Frog
  • Best Actor: Morgan Freeman, Invictus
  • Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
  • Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious
  • Best Original Song: "Almost There" & "Down In New Orleans" (The Princess and the Frog)
  • Best Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher,Precious

Category	Winner	Nominees
Best Film	Precious	American Violet The Blind Side The Princess and the Frog Invictus
Best Director	Lee Daniels (Precious)	Spike Lee (Passing Strange) Bill Duke (Not Easily Broken) Scott Sanders (Black Dynamite) George Tillman, Jr. (Notorious)
Best Actor	Morgan Freeman (Invictus)	Quinton Aaron (The Blind Side) Denzel Washington (The Taking of Pelham 123) Jamie Foxx (The Soloist) Souléymane Sy Savané (Goodbye Solo)
Best Actress	Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)	Nicole Beharie (American Violet) Taraji P. Henson (I Can Do Bad All By Myself) Maya Rudolph (Away We Go) Sophie Okonedo (Skin)
Best Supporting Actor	Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker)	Derek Luke (Madea Goes to Jail) Charles S. Dutton (American Violet) Chiwetel Ejiofor (2012) Lenny Kravitz (Precious)
Best Supporting Actress	Mo'Nique (Precious)	Mariah Carey (Precious) Paula Patton (Precious) Alfre Woodard (American Violet) Zoe Saldana (Avatar)
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original	Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious)	Brian Bird (Not Easily Broken) Scott Sanders, Michael Jai White and Bryon Minms (Black Dynamite) John Lee Hooker (The Blind Side) George Tillman, Jr. (Notorious)
Best Documentary	Good Hair	More Than a Game Michael Jackson's This Is It Passing Strange Tyson
Best Breakthrough Performance	Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)	Nicole Beharie (American Violet) Jamal Woolard (Notorious) Souléymane Sy Savané (Goodbye Solo) Quinton Aaron (The Blind Side)
Best Ensemble	Precious	American Violet Notorious Passing Strange The Princess and the Frog
Best Voice Performance	Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog)	Keith David (Coraline) Delroy Lindo (Up) Keith David (The Princess and the Frog) Forest Whitaker (Where the Wild Things Are)
Best Original or Adapted Song	Anika Noni Rose ("Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog)	Mary J. Blige ("I Can Do Bad All By Myself" from I Can Do Bad All By Myself) Ne-Yo ("Never Knew I Needed" from The Princess and the Frog) Anika Noni Rose ("Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog) Daniel Breaker and De'Adre Aziza ("Keys" from Passing Strange)
Best Independent Film	Mississippi Damned	Sugar This Is the Life

References

1. http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2010