Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Short Film
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| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Short Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | The Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
| First awarded | Black Reel Awards of 2010 |
| Most recent winner | Canvas (Black Reel Awards of 2021) |
| Website | blackreelawards |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Short Film. This award is given to the directors and was first awarded during the 2010 ceremony. Notable winners and nominees includes Spike Lee, Gabourey Sidibe, Matthew A. Cherry & Ryan Coogler.
Winners and nominees[edit]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2010s[edit]
| Year | Film | Director | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | |||
| (Mis)leading Man | Morocco Omari | [1] | |
| Life on Earth | Jeffrey Keith | ||
| The Roe Effect | Kiel Adrian Scott | ||
| 2011 | |||
| Katrina's Son | Ya'Ke Smith | [2] | |
| Stag & Doe | Daniel Patterson | ||
| Cred | Sherman Payne | ||
| 2012 | |||
| Wake | Bree Newsome | [3] | |
| The Abyss Boys | Jan-Hendrik Beetge | ||
| Fig | Ryan Coogler | ||
| The Tombs | Jerry Lamothe | ||
| Wolf Call | Rob Underhill | ||
| 2013 | |||
| The Bluest Note | Maruqes Green | [4] | |
| Crossover | Tina Mabry | ||
| Last/First Kiss | Andrea Ashton | ||
| Record/Play | Jesse Atlas | ||
| White Space | Maya Washington | ||
| 2014 | |||
| Black Girl in Paris | Kiandra Parks | [5] | |
| A Different Tree | Steven Caple Jr. | ||
| African Cowboy | Rodney Charles | ||
| Sweet Honey Chile | Talibah Newman | ||
| They Die by the Dawn | Jeymes Samuel | ||
| 2015 | |||
| #AmeriCan | Nate Parker | [6] | |
| Muted | Rachel Goldberg | ||
| The Voodoo | Steven Alexander | ||
| 2016 | |||
| Addiction | Danny Dzhurayev | [7] | |
| David's Reviere | Neil Creque Williams | ||
| Sacred Heart | Sol Aponte and Jennia Fredrique | ||
| 2017 | |||
| $15 Kicks | Jenn Shaw | [8] | |
| #Whereisbeauty | Angela McCrae | ||
| 2 Fists Up | Spike Lee | ||
| 86-32 | Randy Wilkins | ||
| Black Card | Pete Chatmon | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Oscar Micheaux | JD Walker | [9] | |
| 90 Days | Jennia Fredrique & Nathan Hale Williams | ||
| Amelia's Closet | Halima Lucas | ||
| GEMA | Kendrick Price | ||
| See You Yesterday | Stefon Bristol | ||
| 2019 | |||
| The Tale of Four | Gabourey Sidibe | [10] | |
| Funk Force | Desmond Levi Jackson | ||
| Hair Wolf | Mariama Diallo | ||
| Jump | Kofi Siriboe | ||
| WTFIMH: What the Fuck is Mental Health | Kofi Siriboe |
2020s[edit]
| Year | Film | Director | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Hair Love | Matthew A. Cherry | [11] | |
| America | Garrett Bradley | ||
| It's Not About Jimmy Keene | Caleb Jaffe | ||
| Suicide by Sunlight | Nikyatu Jusu | ||
| Zahra and the Oil Man | Yucef Mayes | ||
| 2021 | |||
| Canvas | Frank E. Abney III | [12] | |
| Brother | Ya'Ke Smith | ||
| The Cypher | Letia Solomon | ||
| Grab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad | Camrus Johnson | ||
| The Pandemic Chronicles | Ya'Ke Smith | ||
| 2022 | |||
| Coffee | Jordan Pitt | [13] | |
| 54 Years Late | Michele Wise Wright | ||
| The Door of Return | Kokutekeleza Musebeni & Anna Zhukovets | ||
| Junior | Jehnovah Carlisle | ||
| The Snakes | Michelle Beck | ||
| 2023 | The Last Repair Shop | Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers | [14] |
| ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton | A.K. Sandhu | ||
| Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney | Nazenet Habtezghi | ||
| The Dads | Luchina Fisher |
Multiple nominations and wins[edit]
Multiple nominations[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ 2010 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2011 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
- ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2018 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2019 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2020 Black Reel Awards
- ^ "2021 Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Carey, Matthew (October 19, 2023). "'The 1619 Project,' 'Nothing Lasts Forever' Lead Charge As Cinema Eye Honors Announces First Round Of Documentary Nominations [Full List]". Deadline. Retrieved December 22, 2023.