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18th Black Reel Awards
18th Black Reel Awards
Date	February 23, 2018
Location	Washington, D.C.

The 18th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2017, took place on February 23, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. EST (5:00p.m. PST). During the ceremony, FAAAF presented the Black Reel Awards in 21 categories.

The television film categories were moved and presented at the Black Reel Awards for Television.

Get Out led all films with 12 nominations.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold.^[2]

Best Film	Best Director
Get Out Detroit Girls Trip Marshall Mudbound	Jordan Peele – Get Out Maggie Betts – Novitiate Reginald Hudlin – Marshall Malcolm D. Lee – Girls Trip Dee Rees – Mudbound
Best Actor	Best Actress
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out Chadwick Boseman – Marshall Algee Smith – Detroit Keith Stanfield – Crown Heights Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Natalie Paul – Crown Heights Simone Baker– Gook Carmen Ejogo – It Comes at Night Amandla Stenberg – Everything, Everything Jessica Williams – The Incredible Jessica James
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jason Mitchell – Mudbound Idris Elba – Molly's Game Laurence Fishburne – Last Flag Flying Jamie Foxx – Baby Driver Lil Rel Howery – Get Out	Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip Mary J. Blige – Mudbound Betty Gabriel – Get Out Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water Tessa Thompson – Thor: Ragnarok
Best Breakthrough Performance, Male	Best Breakthrough Performance, Female
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out Nnamdi Asomugha – Crown Heights Sterling K. Brown – Marshall J. Quinton Johnson – Last Flag Flying Lil Rel Howery – Get Out	Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip Mary J. Blige – Mudbound Betty Gabriel – Get Out Natalie Paul – Crown Heights Jessica Williams – The Incredible Jessica James
Best Ensemble	Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original
Billy Hopkins & Ashley Ingram – Mudbound Victoria Thomas – Detroit Terri Taylor – Get Out Mary Vernieu & Michelle Wade Byrd – Girls Trip Victoria Thomas – Marshall	Jordan Peele – Get Out Gerald McMurray and Christine T. Berg – Burning Sands Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver – Girls Trip Dee Rees and Virgil Williams – Mudbound Maggie Betts – Novitiate
Best Feature Documentary	Best Independent Feature
Step – Amanda Lipitz Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary – John Scheinfeld Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 – John Ridley Strong Island – Yance Ford Whose Streets? – Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis	Crown Heights – Matt Ruskin Burning Sands – Gerald McMurray Gook – Justin Chon Imperial Dreams – Mailk Vitthal The Incredible Jessica James – James C. Strouse
Best Independent Short	Best Independent Documentary
Oscar Micheaux – JD Walker 90 Days – Jennia Fredrique & Nathan Hale Williams Amelia's Closet – Halima Lucas GEMA – Kenrick Prince See You Yesterday – Stefon Bristol	Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities – Stanley Nelson Jr. Back to Natural: A Documentary Film – Gillian Scott-Ward Quest – Jonathan Olshefski Yemanja: Wisdom From the African Heart of Brazil – Donna Roberts & Donna Reed Zo! Making of Skybreak! – Donnie Seales Jr.
Best Foreign Film	World Cinema Motion Picture
The Wound (South Africa) – John Trengove Félicité (France) – Alain Gomis Kati Kati (Kenya) – Mbithi Masya	A United Kingdom – Amma Asante Brown Girl Begins – Sharon Lewis Cargo – Kareem Mortimer
Best Emerging Filmmaker	Best First Screenplay
Jordan Peele – Get Out Maggie Betts – Novitiate Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan – Whose Streets? J. D. Dillard – Sleight Mailk Vithhal – Imperial Dreams	Maggie Betts – Novitiate Gerald McMurray & Christine T. Berg – Burning Sands Malik Vitthal & Ismet Prcic – Imperial Dreams J. D. Dillard & Alex Theurer – Sleight Caroline Jules – TOURMENT d’AMOUR
Best Original or Adapted Song	Outstanding Original Score
*"Mighty River (song)" from Mudbound* – Mary J. Blige** "Best of Me" from La Vie Magnifique de Charlie – Kortnee Price "Jump" from Step – Cynthia Erivo "Stand Up for Something" from Marshall – Common and Andra Day "Sarlight" from Zo! Making of Skybreak! – Zo! and Phonte	Michael Abels – Get Out James Newton Howard – Detroit David Newman – Girls Trip Roger Suen – Gook Marcus Miller – Marshall
Best Voice Performance
Vin Diesel – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Kevin Hart – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Jenifer Lewis – Cars 3 Maya Rudolph – The Emoji Movie Maya Rudolph – The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

References

^ "'GET OUT DOMINATES THE BLACK REEL AWARDS". Black Reel Awards (in Korean). December 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
^ Neglia, Matt (February 22, 2018). "The 2018 Black Reel Awards (BRA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[1] "'GET OUT DOMINATES THE BLACK REEL AWARDS". Black Reel Awards (in Korean). December 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2021.

[2] Neglia, Matt (February 22, 2018). "The 2018 Black Reel Awards (BRA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

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Black Reel Awards of 2018

Winners and nominees

References