‘Nickel Boys’ Leads Black Reel Awards Nominees
variety.comAngelique Jackson “Nickel Boys” leads the nominations at the 25th annual Black Reel Awards, a ceremony exclusively dedicated to recognizing African American contributions to cinema.
The Amazon MGM Studios film garnered 13 nominations, followed closely by Netflix’s “The Piano Lesson” with 12; both films were nominated for outstanding film and outstanding director (RaMell Ross and Malcolm Washington, respectively), plus their stars (“Nickel Boys” trio Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as well as “The Piano Lesson’s” John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler and Ray Fisher) earned individual nods.
Rounding out the best film nominees are “Challengers,” “Exhibiting Forgiveness” and “Sing Sing” and joining Ross and Washington in the outstanding director category are Titus Kaphar (“Exhibiting Forgiveness”), Zoë Kravitz (“Blink Twice”) and Steve McQueen (“Blitz”).
Other top-performing films include “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (nine nominations), “Blink Twice” (seven nominations) and “Sing Sing” (six nominations).
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