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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film

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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Feature
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awardedBlack Reel Awards of 2002
Most recent winnerThe Forty-Year-Old Version (Black Reel Awards of 2021)
Websiteblackreelawards.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

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

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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

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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

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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

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Multiple wins

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2 Wins

Multiple nominations

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References

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  1. ^ 2002 Black Reel Awards
  2. ^ 2003 Black Reel Awards
  3. ^ 2004 Black Reel Awards
  4. ^ 2005 Black Reel Awards
  5. ^ 2006 Black Reel Awards
  6. ^ 2007 Black Reel Awards
  7. ^ 2010 Black Reel Awards
  8. ^ 2011 Black Reel Awards
  9. ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
  10. ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  11. ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  12. ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
  13. ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
  14. ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards
  15. ^ 2018 Black Reel Awards
  16. ^ 2019 Black Reel Awards
  17. ^ 2020 Black Reel Awards
  18. ^ "A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  19. ^ "'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.