| Date | Event |
|---|
| Monday, December 5, 2016 | Nominations polls opens at 8:00 a.m. EST (05:00, 5 Dec. UTC) (5:00 a.m. PST) |
| Friday, December 9, 2016 | Nominations polls close at 8:00 p.m. EST (01:00, 9 Dec. UTC) (5:00 p.m. PST) |
| Wednesday, December 14, 2016 | Nominations announced at 8:00 a.m. EST (13:30 UTC) (5:00 a.m. PST) |
| Thursday, December 15, 2016 | Final voting begins |
| Tuesday, December 20, 2016 | Final polls close at 8:00 p.m. EST (01:00, 20 Dec. UTC) (5:00 p.m. PST) |
| Thursday, February 16, 2017 | 17th Annual Black Reel Awards presentation |
| Best Film | Best Director | - Moonlight
- 13th
- Fences
- Loving
- Manchester by the Sea
| - Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
- Don Cheadle – Miles Ahead
- Antoine Fuqua – The Magnificent Seven
- Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation
- Denzel Washington – Fences
|
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
|---|
- Denzel Washington – Fences
- Don Cheadle – Miles Ahead
- Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation
- Parker Sawyers – Southside With You
- Denzel Washington – The Magnificent Seven
| - Ruth Negga – Loving
- Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures
- Royalty Hightower – The Fits
- Sasha Lane – American Honey
- Madina Nwalanga – Queen of Katwe
|
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
|---|
- Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
- Jovan Adepo – Fences
- Stephen McKinley Henderson – Fences
- André Holland – Moonlight
- Ashton Sanders – Moonlight
| - Viola Davis – Fences
- Naomie Harris – Moonlight
- Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures
- Janelle Monáe – Moonlight
- Lupita Nyong'o – Queen of Katwe
|
| Best Breakthrough Performance, Male | Best Breakthrough Performance, Female |
|---|
- Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight
- Jovan Adepo – Fences
- Markees Christmas – Morris from America
- Alex Hibbert – Moonlight
- Ashton Sanders – Moonlight
| - Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures
- Royalty Hightower – The Fits
- Leslie Jones – Ghostbusters
- Aja Naomi King – The Birth of a Nation
- Sasha Lane – American Honey
|
| Best Ensemble | Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original |
|---|
- Yesi Ramirez – Moonlight
- Nicole Abellera and Jeanne McCarthy – Keanu
- Andrea Craven, Craig Fincannon, Lisa Mae Fincannon, Mary Vernieu, Michelle Wade Byrd – The Birth of a Nation
- Victoria Thomas – Fences
- Victoria Thomas – Hidden Figures
| - Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
- Don Cheadle and Steven Baigelman – Miles Ahead
- Nate Parker – The Birth of a Nation
- Jordan Peele and Alex Rubens – Keanu
- August Wilson – Fences
|
| Best Feature Documentary | Best Voice Performance |
|---|
- 13th – Ava DuVernay
- I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck
- Life, Animated – Roger Ross Williams
- Miss Sharon Jones! – Barbara Kopple
- Made in America – Ezra Edelman
| - Idris Elba – The Jungle Book
- Idris Elba – Finding Dory
- Idris Elba – Zootopia
- Dwayne Johnson – Moana
- Lupita Nyong'o – The Jungle Book
|
| Best Independent Feature | Best Independent Short |
|---|
- American Honey – Andrea Arnold
- How to Tell You’re a Douchebag – Tahir Jetter
- Hunter Gatherer – Joshua Locy
- The Land – Steven Caple Jr.
- Morris from America – Chad Hartigan
| - $15 Kicks – Jenn Shaw
- #Whereisbeauty – Angela McCrae
- 2 Fists Up – Spike Lee
- 86-32 – Randy Wilkins
- Black Card – Pete Chatmon
|
| Best Foreign Film | World Cinema Motion Picture |
|---|
- Eye of the Storm (Burkina Faso) – Sékou Traoré
- Aisha (Tanzania) – Chande Omar
- Divines (France) – Uda Benyamina
- Lamb (Ethiopia) – Yared Zeleke
- Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It (Niger) – Christopher Kirley
| - Where the Road Runs Out – Rudolf Buitendach
- Ayanda – Sara Blecher
- The Cursed Ones – Nana Obiri Yeboah and Maximilian Claussen
|
| Best Emerging Filmmaker | Best First Screenplay |
|---|
- Ezra Edelman – Made in America
- Steven Caple Jr. – The Land
- Tahir Jetter – How to Tell You’re a Douchebag
- Rita Coburn Whack – Maya Angelou and Still I Rise
- Yared Zeleke – Lamb
| - Steven Caple Jr. – The Land
- Hermon Hailay – Price of Love
- Yared Zeleke – Lamb
|
| Best Original or Adapted Song | Outstanding Original Score |
|---|
- "I'm Still Here" from Miss Sharon Jones! – Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
- "A Letter to the Free" from 13th – Common and Bilal
- "Back to Life" from Queen of Katwe – Alicia Keys
- "Start" from Southside With You – John Legend
- "Surrender" from Hidden Figures – Lalah Hathaway and Pharrell Williams
| - Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
- Robert Glasper – Miles Ahead
- Henry Jackman – The Birth of a Nation
- Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer – Hidden Figures
- Marcelo Zarvos – Fences
|
| Best Television Miniseries or Movie | Outstanding Director in a Television Miniseries or Movie |
|---|
- American Crime Story (FX) – Chip Vucelich, Alexis Martin Woodall and John Travolta
- American Crime (ABC) – Lori-Etta Taub
- Confirmation (HBO) – Darren M. Demetre
- Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (TV One) – Carl Craig, Teyonah Parris, Ron Robinson and Eric Tomosunas
- Roots (History Channel) – Ann Kindberg & Alissa M. Kantrow
| - John Singleton – American Crime Story ("The Race Card") (FX)
- Angela Bassett – Roanoke ("Episode 6") (FX)
- Thomas Carter – Roots ("Night 3") (History Channel)
- Anthony Hemingway – American Crime Story ("The Dream Team") (FX)
- John Ridley – American Crime ("Season Two, Episode One") (ABC)
|
| Best Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Best Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series |
|---|
- Courtney B. Vance – American Crime Story (FX)
- Michael Ealy – Secrets and Lies (ABC)
- Cuba Gooding Jr. – American Crime Story (FX)
- Malachi Kirby – Roots (History Channel)
- Wendell Pierce – Confirmation (HBO)
| - Kerry Washington – Confirmation (HBO)
- Rhyon Nicole Brown – Dre, Suge & Michel'le (Lifetime)
- Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (HBO)
- Sophie Okonedo – The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (PBS)
- Teyonah Parris – Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (TV One)
|
| Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series |
|---|
- Sterling K. Brown – American Crime Story (FX)
- Andre Benjamin – American Crime (ABC)
- Curtis Hamilton – Dre, Suge & Michel'le (Lifetime)
- Tip "T.I." Harris – Roots (History Channel)
- Michael K. Williams – The Night Of (HBO)
| - Regina King – American Crime (ABC)
- Angela Bassett – Roanoke (FX)
- Emayatzy Corinealdi – Roots (History Channel)
- Anika Noni Rose – Roots (History Channel)
- Keesha Sharp – American Crime Story (FX)
|
| Outstanding Screenplay in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Best Television Documentary or Special |
|---|
- Joe Robert Cole – American Crime Story ("The Race Card") (FX)
- John Ridley – American Crime ("Season Two, Episode One") (ABC)
- Stella Meghie – Jean of the Joneses (TV One)
- Christine Swanson and Rhonda Baraka – Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (TV One)
- Joe Robert Cole – American Crime Story ("A Jury in Jail") (FX)
| - Lemonade (HBO) – Beyoncé Knowles and Khalil Joseph
- Black America Since MLK: Still I Rise (HBO) – Talleah Bridges
- Hamilton’s America (PBS) – Alex Horowitz
- Jackie Robinson (HBO) – Ken Burns
- Streets of Compton (CBS) – Leon Knoles
|
1. ^17th Annual Black Reel Award Nominations
{{Black Reel Awards}}