Black Reel Awards of 2012

The 2012 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. on February 9, 2012. While the film Pariah had the most nominations with nine, The Help was the big winner taking home six out of the seven awards for which it was nominated. Attack the Block and Shame were also multiple winners, with each winning two awards. Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis and Steve McQueen (artist) also won two awards apiece.[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film Best Director

The Help

Steve McQueen - Shame

Best Actor Best Actress

John Boyega - Attack the Block

Viola Davis - The Help

Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress

Don Cheadle - The Guard

Octavia Spencer - The Help

Best Breakthrough Performance Best Cast (Ensemble)

Adepero Oduye - Pariah

The Help

  • Attack the Block
  • Fast Five
  • Jumping the Broom
  • Mooz-lum
  • Pariah
Best Original or Adapted Song Outstanding Original Score

Mary J. Blige - "The Living Proof" from The Help

Thomas Newman - The Help

Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original Best Short Film

Steve McQueen - Shame

  • Qasim Basir - Mooz-lum
  • Ava DuVernay - I Will Follow
  • Elizabeth Hunter and Arlene Gibbs - Jumping the Broom
  • Dee Rees - Pariah

Wake – Bree Newsome

  • The Abyss Boys – Jan-Hendrik Beetge
  • Fig – Ryan Coogler
  • The Tombs – Jerry Lamonthe
  • Wolf Call – Rob Underhill
Best Feature Documentary Best Independent Documentary

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest – Michael Rapaport

Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat By the Door – Christine Acham and Clifford Ward

  • Brown Babies – Regina Griffin
  • Burn: The Evolution of An American City – Harold Jackson III
  • Gang Girl: A Mother’s Journey to Save Her Daughter – Valerie Goodloe
  • The Manuscripts of Timbuktu – Zola Maseko
  • Zero Percent – Tim Skousen
Best Independent Feature Film Best Foreign Film

My Last Day Without You

Attack the Block

Best Television Documentary Best Television Miniseries or Movie

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation

Thurgood

Best Actor in a Television Miniseries or Movie Best Actress in a Television Miniseries or Movie

Idris Elba - Luther

Taraji P. Henson - Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

References

  1. ↑ The Help Cleans Up At the Black Reel Awards, February 10, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
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