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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film - Wikipedia

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Feature
Country	United States
Presented by	The Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awarded	Black Reel Awards of 2002
Most recent winner	The Forty-Year-Old Version (Black Reel Awards of 2021)
Website	blackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film. This award is presented to the directors of the film.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Ref
2002
	The Visit	Jordan Walker-Pearlman	^[1]
	30 Years to Life	Vanessa Middleton
	Blue Hill Avenue	Craig Ross Jr.
	Lift	DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter
	Lumumba	Raoul Peck
	One Week	Carl Seaton
2003
	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Paul Justman	^[2]
	Biggie & Tupac	Nick Broomfield
	Crazy as Hell	Eriq La Salle
2004
	Anne B. Real	Lisa France	^[3]
	All About You	Christine Swanson
	G	Shonie De La Rosa and Larry Blackhorse Lowe
2005
	The Woodsman	Nicole Kassell	^[4]
	Motives	Craig Ross Jr.
	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Michael Schultz
2006
	Constellation	Jordan Walker-Pearlman	^[5]
	Love Trap	Frank B. Goodin II
	On the One	Charles Randolph-Wright
	On the Verge of a Fever	John L'Ecuyer
	Proud	Mary Pat Kelly
2007
	Traci Townsend	Craig Ross Jr.	^[6]
	No. 2	Toa Fraser
	Premium	Pete Chatmon
2008	—

2010s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Ref
2010
	Mississippi Damned	Tina Mabry	^[7]
	Sugar	Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
	This is the Life	Ava DuVernay
2011
	Preacher's Kid	Stan Foster	^[8]
	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
2012
	My Last Day Without You	Stefan Schaefer	^[9]
	Besouro	João Daniel Tikhomiroff
	Billy	Peter Burger
	Mamitas	Nicholas Ozeki
	The Tested	Russell Costanzo
2013
	LUV	Sheldon Candis	^[10]
	Elza	Mariette Monpierre
	Four	Joshua Sanchez
	The Last Fall	Matthew A. Cherry
	Yelling to the Sky	Victoria Mahoney
2014
	Blue Caprice	Alexandre Moors	^[11]
	Mother of George	Andrew Dosunmu
	Things Never Said	Charles Murray
	An Oversimplification of Her Beauty	Terence Nance
	Go for Sisters	John Sayles
2015
	The Retrieval	Chris Eska	^[12]
	1982	Tommy Oliver
	Christmas Wedding Baby	Kiara C. Jones
	CRU	Alton Glass
	Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind	Richie Adams
2016
	Tangerine	Sean S. Baker	^[13]
	Blackbird	Patrik-Ian Polk
	Knucklehead	Ben Bowman
	The Man in 3B	Trey Haley
	Somewhere in the Middle	Lanre Olabisi
2017
	American Honey	Andrea Arnold	^[14]
	How to Tell You’re a Douchebag	Tahir Jetter
	Hunter Gatherer	Joshua Locy
	The Land	Steven Caple Jr.
	Morris from America	Chad Hartigan
2018
	Crown Heights	Matt Ruskin	^[15]
	Burning Sands	Gerard McMurray
	Gook	Justin Chon
	Imperial Dreams	Malik Vitthal
	The Incredible Jessica James	James C. Strouse
2019
	Jinn	Nijla Mumin	^[16]
	A Boy. A Girl. A Dream.	Qasim Basir
	Roxanne Roxanne	Michael Larnell
	Monsters and Men	Reinaldo Marcus Green
	Yardie	Idris Elba

2020s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Ref
2020
	The Last Black Man in San Francisco	Joe Talbot	^[17]
	Burning Cane	Phillip Youmans
	Clemency	Chinonye Chukwu
	Guava Island	Hiro Murai
	Luce	Julius Onah
2021
	The Forty-Year-Old Version	Radha Blank	^[18]
	American Skin	Nate Parker
	Farewell Amor	Ekwa Msangi
	Miss Juneteenth	Channing Godfrey Peoples
	Sylvie's Love	Eugene Ashe
2022
	Concrete Cowboy	Ricky Staub	^[19]
	Nine Days	Edson Oda
	Test Pattern	Shatara Michelle Ford
	The Water Man	David Oyelowo
	Zola	Janicza Bravo

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple wins

2 Wins

Jordan Walker-Pearlman

Multiple nominations

2 Nominations

Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Craig Ross Jr.

References

^ 2002 Black Reel Awards
^ 2003 Black Reel Awards
^ 2004 Black Reel Awards
^ 2005 Black Reel Awards
^ 2006 Black Reel Awards
^ 2007 Black Reel Awards
^ 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
^ "A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film

The Visit (2002)
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2003)
Anne B. Real (2004)
The Woodsman (2005)
Constellation (2006)
Traci Townsend (2007)
No Award (2008)
No Award (2009)
Mississippi Damned (2010)
Preacher's Kid (2011)
My Last Day Without You (2012)
LUV (2013)
Blue Caprice (2014)
The Retrieval (2015)
Tangerine (2016)
American Honey (2017)
Crown Heights (2018)
Jinn (2019)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2020)
The Forty-Year-Old Version (2021)
Zola (2022)
The Inspection (2023)
A Thousand and One (2024)

v t e Black Reel Awards
Film	Film Director Lead Performance Supporting Performance Breakthrough Performance Ensemble Screenplay Documentary International Film Independent Film Independent Documentary Cinematography Costume Design Editing Hairstyling & Makeup Original Score Original Song Original Soundtrack Production Design Voice Performance Short Film Emerging Director First Screenplay
Television	Comedy Series Drama Series Movie or Limited Series Documentary Variety, Sketch, or Talk – Series or Special Lead Performance in a Comedy Series Lead Performance in a Drama Series Lead Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series Supporting Performance in a Drama Series Supporting Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series Guest Performance in a Comedy Series Guest Performance in a Drama Series Directing, Comedy Series Directing, Drama Series Director, TV Movie/Limited Series Writing, Comedy Series Writing, Drama Series Writing, TV Movie/Limited Series Cinematography Costume Design Editing Makeup & Hairstyling Musical Score Music Supervision Original Song Production Design
Retired	Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Breakthrough Performance, Male Breakthrough Performance, Female Actor, Independent Film Actress, Independent Film Actor, Drama Series Actress, Drama Series Supporting Actor, Drama Series Supporting Actress, Drama Series Guest Actor, Drama Series Guest Actress, Drama Series Actor, Comedy Series Actress, Comedy Series Supporting Actor, Comedy Series Supporting Actress, Comedy Series Guest Actor, Comedy Series Guest Actress, Comedy Series Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series Original Television Program Film Poster
Ceremonies	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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