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Blacktrospective 2013 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema

Each year we publish our annual list of the best in Black cinema.  This list is unique in that it assesses each film not just how good it is as a film, but how good it is for the Black community in general.  This list is compiled by prominent film critic and AALBC.com contributor, Kam Williams.

Best Big Budget Black Films The Butler Movie Poster

  1. Lee Daniels’ The Butler
  2. 42
  3. 12 Years a Slave
  4. Fruitvale Station
  5. The Best Man Holiday
  6. Black Nativity
  7. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
  8. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
  9. A Madea Christmas
  10. Temptation

 

Best Independent Films

  1. The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteThe Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
  2. Go for Sisters
  3. War Witch
  4. Big Words
  5. Four
  6. The Happy Sad
  7. Welcome to Pine Hill
  8. I’m in Love with a Church Girl
  9. King’s Faith
  10. Blue Caprice

 

Best Documentaries

  1. 20 Feet from Stardom
  2. 20 Feet from StardomVenus & Serena
  3. Rising from Ashes
  4. Call Me Kuchu
  5. Sweet Dreams

 

Best Actor (Lead Role)

  1. Forest Whitaker (Lee Daniels’ The Butler)
  2. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
  3. Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station)
  4. Chadwick Boseman (42)
  5. Morris Chestnut (The Best Man Holiday)
  6. Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
  7. Anthony Mackie (Pain & Gain)
  8. Tyler Perry (A Madea Christmas)
  9. Skylan Brooks (The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete)
  10. Ja Rule (I’m in Love with a Church Girl)

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Best Actor (Supporting Role)

  1. Terrence Howard (The Best Man Holiday)
  2. Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
  3. Isaach De Bankole (Mother of George)
  4. Morris Chestnut (The Call)
  5. Taye Diggs (The Best Man Holiday)
  6. Derek Luke (Baggage Claim)
  7. Morgan Freeman (Olympus Has Fallen)
  8. James McDaniel (King’s Faith)
  9. LeRoy McClain (The Happy Sad)
  10. Wendell Pierce (Four)

 

Best Actress (Lead Role)

  1. Jennifer Hudson (Black Nativity) http://ionehellobeautiful.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/23725380_max.jpg
  2. Danai Gurira (Mother of George)
  3. LisaGay Hamilton (Go for Sisters)
  4. Tika Sumpter (A Madea Christmas)
  5. Halle Berry (The Call)
  6. Jurnee Smollett-Bell (Temptation)
  7. Paula Patton (Baggage Claim)
  8. Monica Calhoun (The Best Man Holiday)
  9. Kerry Washington (Peeples)
  10. Rachel Mwanza (War Witch)

 

Best Actress (Supporting Role)

  1. Lupita Nyong’o (Black Nativity)
  2. Naomie Harris (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
  3. Yolonda Ross (Go for Sisters)
  4. Nicole Beharie (42)
  5. Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniels’ The Butler)
  6. Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station)
  7. Viola Davis (Prisoners)
  8. Nia Long (The Best Man Holiday)
  9. Lynn Whitfield (King’s Faith)
  10. Sanaa Lathan (The Best Man Holiday)

 

Best Director (Feature Film)

  1. Lee Daniels (Lee Daniels’ The Butler)
  2. Steven McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
  3. Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station)
  4. Malcolm Lee (The Best Man Holiday)
  5. Kasi Lemmons (Black Nativity)
  6. Antoine Fuqua (Olympus Has Fallen)
  7. Tyler Perry (A Madea Christmas)
  8. Tyler Perry (Temptation)
  9. David E. Talbert (Baggage Claim)
  10. Tina Gordon Chism (Peeples)

 

Best Director (Independent Film)

  1. George Tillman, Jr. (The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete)
  2. Rodney Evans (The Happy Sad)
  3. Neil Drumming (Big Words)
  4. Andrew Dosunmu (Mother of George)
  5. Charles Murray (Things Never Said)

 

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