The 24th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2023, took place on January 16, 2024; the combined film and television award ceremonies were presented together. The film nominations were announced on December 14, 2023. During the ceremony, the winners of the 7th Annual Black Reel Television Awards were announced; the television ceremony was initially scheduled for August 14, 2023, but was changed due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, which took place from May 2 to November 9.
The film adaptation of the Broadway Tony Award-winning musical The Color Purple received the most nominations with nineteen, setting the mark for the most nominations for a musical film, followed by Rustin with ten. American actor Colman Domingo was honored with the inaugural Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award, named after deceased actor Chadwick Boseman. American television producer Shonda Rhimes was honored with the Diahann Carroll Executive Award.
The nominations for the 8th Annual Black Reel Awards for Television were announced on June 13, 2024. National Geographic's biographical, anthology, drama series Genius: MLK/X received the most nominations with a tally of 14. Amazon Prime Video led the networks with 19 nominations across four shows. Donald Glover received four nominations, the most for any individual in this year. The winners were announced at a ceremony on August 13, 2024.
Film winners and nominees
Outstanding Film Outstanding Director American Fiction – Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, producers The Color Purple – Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones, producers Origin – Ava DuVernay and Paul Garnes, producers Rustin – Bruce Cohen, Tonia Davis and George C. Wolfe, producers Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal and Avi Arad, producers | valign="top" | Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple Ava DuVernay – Origin Michael B. Jordan – Creed III A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One Outstanding Lead Performance Outstanding Supporting Performance Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple as Celie Harris-Johnson John Boyega – They Cloned Tyrone as Fontaine / Tyrone Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Origin as Isabel Wilkerson Jamie Foxx – The Burial as Willie E. Gary Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Chevalier as Joseph Bologne Michael B. Jordan – Creed III as Adonis Creed Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One as Inez de la Paz Sophie Wilde – Talk to Me as Mia Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia Erika Alexander – American Fiction as Coraline Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Viola Davis – Air as Deloris Jordan Colman Domingo – The Color Purple as Albert "Mister" Johnson Jamie Foxx – They Cloned Tyrone as Slick Charles Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple as Shug Avery Jonathan Majors – Creed III as Damian Anderson Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb Jurnee Smollett – The Burial as Mame Downes Outstanding Breakthrough Performance Outstanding Ensemble Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple as Celie Harris-Johnson Archie Madekwe – Gran Turismo as Jann Mardenborough Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid as Ariel Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia Jerrod Carmichael – Poor Things as Harry Astley Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – The Color Purple as young Celie Tia Nomore – Earth Mama as Gia Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane as Yas Dewayne Perkins – The Blackening as Dewayne Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One as Inez de la Paz The Color Purple – Tiffany Little Canfield, Destiny Lilly and Bernard Telsey, casting directors American Fiction – Jennifer Euston, casting director The Blackening – Leah Daniels Butler, casting director Rustin – Cherelle Cargill and Avy Kaufman, casting directors They Cloned Tyrone – Kim Coleman, casting director |- ! width="50%"| Outstanding Short Film ! width="50%"| Outstanding Documentary Feature |- | valign="top" | Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games – Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, directors ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton – A.K. Sandhu, director Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney – Nazenet Habtezghi, director The Dads – Luchina Fisher, director The Last Repair Shop – Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot, directors | valign="top" | Little Richard: I Am Everything – Lisa Cortés, director American Symphony – Matthew Heineman, director Kokomo City – D. Smith, director Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, director Stamped from the Beginning – Roger Ross Williams, director |- ! width="50%"| Outstanding International Film ! width="50%"| Outstanding Independent Film |- | valign="top" | Rye Lane (United Kingdom) – Raine Allen-Miller, director Brother (Canada) – Clement Virgo, director Our Father, the Devil (Cameroon) – Ellie Foumbi, director | valign="top" | A Thousand and One – A. V. Rockwell, director All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – Raven Jackson, director Earth Mama – Savanah Leaf, director How I Learned to Fly – Simon Steuri, director Rye Lane – Raine Allen-Miller, director |- ! width="50%"| Outstanding Screenplay ! width="50%"| Outstanding First Screenplay |- | valign="top" | American Fiction – Cord Jefferson Origin – Ava DuVernay Rustin – Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black They Cloned Tyrone – Tony Rettenmaier and Juel Taylor A Thousand and One – A. V. Rockwell | valign="top" | American Fiction – Cord Jefferson All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – Raven Jackson The Color Purple – Marcus Gardley Earth Mama – Savanah Leaf A Thousand and One – A. V. Rockwell |- ! width="50%"| Outstanding Emerging Director ! width="50%"| Outstanding Voice Performance |- | valign="top" | Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One Juel Taylor – They Cloned Tyrone Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Miles Morales / Spider-Man Ariana DeBose – Wish as Asha Ayo Edebiri – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as April O'Neil Brian Tyree Henry – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Jeff Morales Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Hobie Brown / Spider-Punk Outstanding Score Outstanding Soundtrack The Color Purple – Kris Bowers American Symphony – Jon Batiste Chevalier – Kris Bowers Rustin – Branford Marsalis They Cloned Tyrone – Desmond Murray and Pierre Charles | valign="top" | The Color Purple Creed III The Little Mermaid Rustin Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Outstanding Original Song Outstanding Cinematography "Keep It Movin" from The Color Purple – Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, performers; Halle Bailey, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney and Morten Ristorp, writers "Am I Dreaming" from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Metro Boomin, ASAP Rocky and Roisee, performers; Leland Tyler Wayne, Roisee, Rakim Mayers, Mike Dean, Peter Lee Johnson and Landon "Script" Wayne, writers "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony – Jon Batiste, writer and performer "My House" from Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé, performer; Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and The-Dream, writers "Road to Freedom" from Rustin – Lenny Kravitz, writer and performer All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt – Jomo Fray Earth Mama – Jody Lee Lipes Kokomo City – D. Smith Rye Lane – Olan Collardy Silver Dollar Road – Henry Adebonojo and Antonio Rossi Outstanding Editing Outstanding Costume Design Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Michael Andrews The Color Purple – Jon Poll Kokomo City – D. Smith Origin – Spencer Averick They Cloned Tyrone – Saira Haider The Color Purple – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck Air – Charlese Antoinette Jones Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé and Shiona Turini Rustin – Toni-Leslie James They Cloned Tyrone – Francine Jamison-Tanchuck Outstanding Production Design Outstanding Hairstyling & Makeup The Color Purple – Paul D. Austerberry Chevalier – Karen Murphy Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé – Hannah Beachler Rustin – Mark Ricker Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Patrick O'Keefe The Color Purple – Carol Rasheed, makeup department head and Lawrence Davis, hair department head Air – Carla Farmer, hair department head Bottoms – Shandrea Williams, hair department head Rustin – Melissa Forney, hair department head and Beverly Jo Pryor, makeup department head A Thousand and One – Craig Carter, hair department head
Honorary awards Diahann Carroll Icon Award – Shonda Rhimes Oscar Micheaux Memorial Award – Ruth E. Carter Ruby Dee Humanitarian Award – Sheryl Lee Ralph Sidney Poitier Trailblazer Award – Samuel L. Jackson Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award – Colman Domingo
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following films received multiple nominations:
+ Nominations Film 19 The Color Purple 10 Rustin 9 American Fiction 8 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse They Cloned Tyrone A Thousand and One 5 Origin 4 All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Creed III Earth Mama Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé Rye Lane 3 Air American Symphony Chevalier Kokomo City 2 The Blackening The Burial The Little Mermaid
The following films received multiple awards:
Wins Film 9 The Color Purple 6 American Fiction 2 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Television winners and nominees
Comedy Outstanding Comedy Series Abbott Elementary – Quinta Brunson, showrunner (ABC) Diarra from Detroit – Diarra Kilpatrick, showrunner (BET+) The Ms. Pat Show – Jordan E. Cooper, showrunner (BET+) Rap Sh!t – Syreeta Singleton, showrunner (Max) Survival of the Thickest – Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, showrunner (Netflix) Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series Ayo Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney Adamu (FX) Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues (ABC) Michelle Buteau – Survival of the Thickest as Mavis Beaumont (Netflix) Renée Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva as Wickie (Netflix) Jharrel Jerome – I'm a Virgo as Cootie (Prime Video) Diarra Kilpatrick – Diarra from Detroit as Diarra Brickland (BET+) Anthony Mackie – Twisted Metal as John Doe (Peacock) Maya Rudolph – Loot as Molly Wells (Apple TV+) Jaz Sinclair – Gen V as Marie Moreau (Prime Video) Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams – The Ms. Pat Show as Patricia "Pat" Ford Carson (BET+) Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman (ABC) Tone Bell – Survival of the Thickest as Khalil (Netflix) Lionel Boyce – The Bear as Marcus Brooks (FX) Giancarlo Esposito – The Gentlemen as Stanley Johnston (Netflix) Danielle Pinnock – Ghosts as Alberta Haynes (CBS) Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary as Barbara Howard (ABC) Tami Roman – The Ms. Pat Show as Denise Ford (BET+) J. B. Smoove – Curb Your Enthusiasm as Leon Black (HBO) Vince Swann – The Ms. Pat Show as Brandon James (BET+) Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary as Gregory Eddie (ABC) Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy Series Phylicia Rashad – Diarra from Detroit as Vonda (BET+) Erika Alexander – Run the World as Barb (Starz) Tatyana Ali – Abbott Elementary as Krystal (ABC) Garcelle Beauvais – Survival of the Thickest as Natasha Karina (Netflix) Jordan E. Cooper – The Ms. Pat Show (BET+) Keegan-Michael Key – Abbott Elementary as Superintendent John Reynolds (ABC) Sanaa Lathan – Curb Your Enthusiasm as Sibby Sanders (HBO) Da'Vine Joy Randolph – Only Murders in the Building as Detective Williams (Hulu) Cree Summer – Abbott Elementary as Rosalyn Inez (ABC) Robert Townsend – The Bear as Emmanuel Adamu (FX) Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Abbott Elementary ("Party") – Directed by Randall Einhorn (ABC) Diarra from Detroit ("Chasing Ghosts") – Directed by Chioke Nassor (BET+)