Blacktrospective 2016
by Kam Williams
Kam’s
Annual Assessment of
the Best in Black Cinema
Best
Big Budget Black Films
1. Fences
2. Loving
3. The
Birth of a Nation
4. Free
State of Jones
5. Race
6. Hidden
Figures
7. Barbershop:
The Next Cut
8. Southside
with You
9. Miles
Ahead
10. Queen
of Katwe
Best
Independent Black Films
1. Moonlight
2. Kicks
3. Sweaty
Betty
4. The
Perfect Match
5. Of
Mind and Music
6. The
Bounce Back
7.
Morris from America
8. Mr.
Church
9. Nina
10.
The Fits
Best
Black Documentaries
1. 13th
2. O.J.:
Made in America
3. I
Am Not Your Negro
4. Maya
Angelou: And Still I Rise
5. The
Wake of Vanport
6. When
Justice Isn't Just
7. Kevin
Hart: What Now?
8. Presenting
Princess Shaw
9.
Do Not Resist
10.
The Wake of Vanport 2
Best
Actor (Lead Role)
1. Denzel
Washington (Fences, The Magnificent Seven)
2. Nate
Parker (The Birth of a Nation)
3. Jahking
Guillory (Kicks)
4. Stephan
James (Race)
5. Ice
Cube (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
6. Markees
Christmas (Morris
from America)
7. Terrence
Jenkins (The Perfect Match)
8. Don
Cheadle (Miles Ahead)
9. Parker
Sawyers (Southside with You)
10. Shemar
Moore (The Bounce Back)
Best
Actor (Supporting Role)
1. Mahershala
Ali (Moonlight, Free State of Jones, Hidden Figures, Kicks)
2. J.B.
Smoove (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
3. John
Legend (La La Land)
4. Craig
Robinson (Morris
from America)
5. Forest
Whitaker (Arrival)
6. Bill
Bellamy (The Bounce Back)
7. Common
(Barbershop: The Next Cut)
8. Christopher
Jordan Wallace (Kicks)
9. Deon
Cole (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
10. Isaac
Ryan Brown (Believe)
Best
Actress (Lead Role)
1. Ruth
Negga (Loving)
2. Viola
Davis (Fences)
3. Taraji
P. Henson (Hidden Figures)
4. Octavia
Spencer (Hidden Figures)
5. Janelle
Monae (Hidden Figures)
6.
Royalty Hightower (The Fits)
7.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Free State of Jones)
8.
Aunjanue Ellis (Of Mind and Music)
9.
Leslie Jones (Ghostbusters)
10.
Zoe Saldana (Nina)
Best
Actress (Supporting Role)
1. Naomie
Harris (Moonlight)
2. Gabrielle
Union (The Birth of a Nation)
3. Janelle
Monae (Moonlight)
4. Lupita
Nyong'o (Queen of Katwe)
5. Regina
Hall (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
6. Eve
(Barbershop: The Next Cut)
7. Aunjanue
Ellis (The Birth of a Nation)
8. Emayatzy
Corinealdi (Miles Ahead)
9. Halle
Berry (Kevin Hart: What Now?)
10. Nicki
Minaj (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
Best
Director (Big Budget Film)
1. Denzel
Washington (Fences)
2. Antoine
Fuqua (The Magnificent Seven)
3. Nate
Parker (The Birth of a Nation)
4. Malcolm
Lee (Barbershop: The Next Cut)
5. Don
Cheadle (Miles Ahead)
Best
Director (Independent Film)
1. Barry
Jenkins (Moonlight)
2. Justin
Tipping (Kicks)
3. Billie
Woodruff (The Perfect Match)
4. Zachary
Reed and Joseph Frank (Sweaty Betty)
Best
Director (Documentary Film)
1. Ava
DuVernay (13th)
2. Raoul
Peck (I Am Not Your Negro)
3. Leslie
Small and Tim Story (Kevin Hart: What Now?)
4. Rita
Coburn Whack and Bob Hercules (Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise)
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