Kenyan Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o has won a Black Reel award for Outstanding Voice acting for her role on Oscar nominated film “Wild Robot.”
The awards were handed out Monday in a virtual ceremony. Celebrating their 25th edition, the Black Reel Awards honour the year’s best in Black cinematic excellence.
The film also won an award for Best Film score.
However the night’s biggest winner was the the Amazon film “Nickel Boys” with six awards including the group’s marquee Outstanding Film Award and Outstanding Director for RaMell Ross.
Nickel Boys, adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel also won Outstanding Screenplay, Outstanding Emerging Director, Outstanding First Screenplay and Outstanding Cinematography.
See full list of winners below.
OUTSTANDING FILM
Nickel Boys
Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner & David Levin, producers
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hard Truths
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
RaMell Ross
Nickel Boys
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Danielle Deadwyler
The Piano Lesson
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY
Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY
Luther: Never Too Much
Dawn Porter, director
OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL FILM
Hard Truths
United Kingdom
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
The Piano Lesson
Lindsay Graham & Mary Vernieu, casting directors
OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE
Lupita Nyong’o
The Wild Robot
OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FILM
We Grown Now
Minhal Baig, director
OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM
Chocolate With Sprinkles
Huriyyah Muhammad, director
OUTSTANDING SCORE
The Wild Robot
Kris Bowers, composer
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight
H.E.R., performer; Diane Warren, writer
OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK
Wicked
OUTSTANDING EMERGING DIRECTOR
RaMell Ross
Nickel Boys
OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Clarence Maclin
Sing Sing
OUTSTANDING FIRST SCREENPLAY
Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nickel Boys
Jomo Fray, cinematographer
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
Wicked
Paul Tazewell, costume designer
OUTSTANDING EDITING
We Grown Now
Stephanie Filo, editor
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING & MAKEUP
The Piano Lesson
Andrea ‘Mona’ Bowman & Para Shardé Malden
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Piano Lesson
David J. Bomba (production designer), Chardae Adams (art director) & Patrick Cassidy (set decorator)
