This year's African-American Oscars nominees are...
#OscarsSTILLSoWhite
Saw this on FB today...
For a more updated list of our wins, check out the first And the Winner is... post.
But...don't be too distraught...remember what Mo'Nique said [Go to 2:15 mark]...
Speaking of awards with people who look like us, have you heard of the AAFCA Awards??
Last year...
What it's about...
This year's winners at the 7th Annual AAFCA Awards Show (ceremony scheduled for February 10, 2016):
Top Ten Films
- Straight Outta Compton
- Creed
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Beasts of No Nation
- The Martian
- 3 1/2 Minutes and Dope
- Chi-Raq
- Carol
- The Big Short
- The Danish Girl
Best Picture - Straight Outta Compton
Best Director - Ryan Coogler (Creed)
Best Actor - Will Smith (Concussion)
Best Actress - Teyonah Parris (Chi-Raq)
Best Supporting Actor - Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton)
Best Supporting Actress - Tessa Thompson (Creed)
Best Ensemble - Straight Outta Compton
Best Independent Film - Chi-Raq
Best Screenplay - Rick Famuyiwa - Dope
Best Breakout Performance - Michael B. Jordan (Creed)
Best Animation - The Peanuts Movie
Best Documentary - A Ballerina's Tale
Best Song - "See You Again" (Furious 7)
Best TV Comedy - Black-ish
Best TV Drama - How to Get Away with Murder
Best Cable/New Media TV Show - Survivor's Remorse
- Cinema Vanguard Award - HBO
- Roger Ebert Award - Manohla Dargis (New York Times film critic and journalist)
- AAFCA Special Achievement Award - Jeff Clanagan; John Sington - Codeblack Entertainment and Maverick Carter; Lebron James - SpringHill Entertainment
- I've been looking to see if the ceremony airs on TV. If it does, what channel??? I need to know!!
- If it doesn't, someone needs to pick it up...I'm looking at you TVOne, BET, Centric, OWN, ASPIRETV (if you haven't heard of ASPIRETV find it on your tv now!).There's also the option to attend in person.