Here are the nominees for the Black Reel awards, in a what was a very competitive year for black filmmakers and films:
Picture
- 12 Years a Slave
- 42
- Fruitvale Station
- Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
- Lee Daniels' The Butler
Actor
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
- Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
- Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
- Isaiah Washington, Blue Caprice
- Forest Whitaker, The Butler
Actress
- Halle Berry, The Call
- Rosario Dawson, Trance
- Daniel Gurira, Mother of George
- Lisa Gay Hamilton, Go for Sisters
- Nia Long, The Best Man Holiday
Supporting Actor
- Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
- David Oyelowo, The Butler
- Nate Parker, Ain't Them Bodies Saints
- Tequan Richmond, Blue Caprice
- Keith Stanfield, Short Term 12
Supporting Actress
- Melonie Diaz, Fruitvale Station
- Naomie Harris, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
- Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
- Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station
- Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
Director
- Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
- Lee Daniels, The Butler
- Malcolm D. Lee, The Best Man Holiday
- Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
- George Tilman, Jr., The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Screenplay
- Fruitvale Station
- The Best Man Holiday
- Black Nativity
- 12 Years a Slave
- The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Documentary
- 20 Feet From Stardom
- Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
- God Loves Uganda
- The Trials of Mohammed Ali
- Venus & Serena
Ensemble
- 12 Years a Slave
- 42
- The Best Man Holiday
- Fruitvale Station
- The Butler
Foreign Film
- Better Mus Come
- Home Again
- Nairobi Half Life
- Storage 24
- War Witch
Score
- The Best Man Holiday
- Fruitvale Station
- 42
- The Butler
- 12 Years a Slave
Song
- "Desperation," 20 Feet From Stardom
- "Happy," Despicable Me 2
- "In the Middle of the Night," The Butler
- "Queen of the Field (Patsey's Song)," 12 Years a Slave
- "You and I Ain't No More," The Butler
Breakthrough Actor
- Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
- Chadwick Boseman, 42
- Skylan Brooks, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
- Tequan Richmond, Blue Caprice
- Keith Stanfield, Short Term 12
Breakthrough Actress
- Melonie Diaz, Fruitvale Station
- Danai Gurira, Mother of George
- Lindiwe Matshikiza, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
- Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
- Tashiana Washington, Gimme the Loot
Voice Performance
- Keith David, Free Birds
- Snoop Dogg, Turbo
- Samuel L. Jackson, Turbo
- Beyonce Knowles, Epic
- Maya Rudolph, Turbo
