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11th Annual Black Reel Awards
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Film-industry awards in 2011
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The 2011 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C., on February 10, 2011.2011 Black Reel Awards Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls broke the record for most nominations with 14. This was the first ceremony where no Oscar-nominated performances were nominated.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best Film Best Director Night Catches Us
The Book of Eli
Brooklyn's Finest
For Colored Girls
Just Wright Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes – The Book of Eli
Antoine Fuqua – Brooklyn's Finest
Tanya Hamilton – Night Catches Us
Sanaa Hamri – Just Wright
Tyler Perry – For Colored Girls Best Actor Best Actress Anthony Mackie – Night Catches Us
Don Cheadle – Brooklyn's Finest
Jaden Smith – The Karate Kid
Denzel Washington – The Book of Eli
Denzel Washington – Unstoppable Kerry Washington – Night Catches Us
Kimberly Elise – For Colored Girls
Queen Latifah – Just Wright
Thandiwe Newton – For Colored Girls
Anika Noni Rose – For Colored Girls Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Wesley Snipes – Brooklyn's Finest
Sean Combs – Get Him to the Greek
Laurence Fishburne – Predators
Brandon T. Jackson – Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Samuel L. Jackson – Mother and Child Phylicia Rashad – For Colored Girls
Viola Davis – Eat Pray Love
Shareeka Epps – Mother and Child
Janet Jackson – For Colored Girls
Kerry Washington – For Colored Girls Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original Best Feature Documentary Tanya Hamilton – Night Catches Us
Peter Allen, Gabriel Casseus, Avery Duff and John Luessenhop – Takers
Michael Elliott – Just Wright
Michael C. Martin – Brooklyn's Finest
Tyler Perry – For Colored Girls Waiting for "Superman" – Lesley Chilcott The Lottery – Madeleine Sackler
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy – Robert Townsend
My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip Hop – Ava DuVernay
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Tessa Thompson – For Colored Girls
Amari Cheatom – Night Catches Us
Yaya DaCosta – The Kids Are All Right
Omari Hardwick – For Colored Girls
Zoë Kravitz – It's Kind of a Funny Story Robi Reed – For Colored Girls
Suzanne Smith and Mary Vernieu – Brooklyn's Finest
Lois J. Drabkin – Night Catches Us
Lisa Hayes Kroeger and David Rapaport – Takers
Denise Chamian – Unstoppable Best Original or Adapted Song Outstanding Original Score "Shine" from Waiting for "Superman" – John Legend
"Champion" from Just Wright – Queen Latifah
"I Know Who I Am" from For Colored Girls – Leona Lewis
"Never Say Never" from The Karate Kid – Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith
"Run This Town" from Brooklyn's Finest – Jay Z, Rihanna and Kanye West The Roots – Night Catches Us
James Horner – The Karate Kid
Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross – The Book of Eli
Marcelo Zarvos – Brooklyn's Finest
Aaron Zigman – For Colored Girls Best Independent Feature Outstanding Independent Documentary Preacher's Kid – Stan Foster
Black Venus – Abdellatif Kechiche
Finding God in the City of Angels – Jennifer Jessum
Kings of the Evening – Andrew P. Jones
Toe to Toe – Emily Abt For the Best and for the Onion – Sani Elhadj Magori
Gefilte Fish – Shelly Kling
One of These Mornings – Valery Lyman Outstanding Independent Short Film Katrina's Son – Ya'Ke Smith
Stag & Doe – Daniel Patterson
Cred – Sherman Payne
References
Category:2011 in American cinema
Category:2011 awards in the United States
2011
Category:2010 film awards