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Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Black Movie Award Winners
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Presley Chweneyagae (as Tsotsi) – Tsotsi Miramax Films
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Laurence Fishburne (as Dr. Larabee) – Akeelah & the Bee Lionsgate
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Keke Palmer (as Akeelah) – Akeelah & the Bee Lionsgate
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Angela Bassett (as Tanya Anderson) – Akeelah & the Bee Lionsgate
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENWRITING
Kriss Turner – Something New (image above)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Spike Lee – Inside Man Universal Pictures
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE
Akeelah & the Bee (Producers: Laurence Fishburne, Nancy Hult Ganis, Lionsgate