10th Black Reel Awards

Date

February 12, 2010

Location

Washington, D.C.

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The 2010 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 12, 2010.^[1] Precious took home a record-breaking 7 wins, with The Princess and the Frog taking home two awards.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
Precious American Violet The Blind Side Invictus The Princess and the Frog	Lee Daniels – Precious Bill Duke – Not Easily Broken Spike Lee – Passing Strange Scott Sanders – Black Dynamite George Tillman Jr. – Notorious
Best Actor	Best Actress
Morgan Freeman – Invictus Quinton Aaron – The Blind Side Jamie Foxx – The Soloist Souléymane Sy Savané – Goodbye Solo Denzel Washington – The Taking of Pelham 123	Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Nicole Beharie – American Violet Taraji P. Henson – I Can Do Bad All By Myself Sophie Okonedo – Skin Maya Rudolph – Away We Go
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker Charles S. Dutton – American Violet Chiwetel Ejiofor – 2012 Lenny Kravitz – Precious Derek Luke – Madea Goes to Jail	Mo'Nique – Precious Mariah Carey – Precious Paula Patton – Precious Zoe Saldana – Avatar Alfre Woodard – American Violet
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original	Best Voice Performance
Geoffrey S. Fletcher – Precious Brian Bird – Not Easily Broken Cheo Hodari Coker and Reggie Rock Bythewood – Notorious John Lee Hooker – The Blind Side Bryon Minms, Scott Sanders and Michael Jai White – Black Dynamite	Anika Noni Rose – The Princess and the Frog Keith David – Coraline Keith David – The Princess and the Frog Delroy Lindo – Up Forest Whitaker – Where the Wild Things Are
Best Breakthrough Performance	Best Ensemble
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Quinton Aaron – The Blind Side Nicole Beharie – American Violet Souléymane Sy Savané – Goodbye Solo Jamal Woolard – Notorious	Billy Hopkins and Jessica Kelly – Precious Tracy Bird and Pamela Frazier – Notorious Heidi Griffiths and Jordan Thaler – Passing Strange Jen Rudin – The Princess and the Frog Susan Shopmaker – American Violet
Best Original or Adapted Song
*"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog* – Anika Noni Rose** "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog – Anika Noni Rose "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" from I Can Do Bad All By Myself – Mary J. Blige "Keys" from Passing Strange – Daniel Breaker and De'Adre Aziza "Never Knew I Needed" from The Princess and the Frog – Ne-Yo
Best Independent Feature	Best Feature Documentary
Mississippi Damned – Tina Mabry Sugar – Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck This is the Life – Ava DuVernay	Good Hair – Jeff Stilson Michael Jackson's This Is It – Kenny Ortega More than a Game – Kristopher Belman Passing Strange – Spike Lee Tyson – James Toback
Outstanding Independent Documentary	Outstanding Independent Short Film
Without Bias – Kirk Fraser Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness – Llewellyn M. Smith Still Bill – Damani Baker and Alex Vlack	(Mis)leading Man – Morocco Omari Life on Earth – Jeffrey Keith The Roe Effect – Kiel Adrian Scott

References

^ 2010 Black Reel Awards

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