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25-468: The awards ceremony was initially awarded online during its first two years before the first live show presentation in 2002. The awards have broadcast to radio since 2014. The Black Reel Awards is the oldest cinema-exclusive awards ceremony for African Americans. Founded by film critic Tim Gordon and Sabrina McNeal in 2000, the first annual Black Reel Awards presentation was held on February 16, 2000, online courtesy of Reel Images Magazine . Two years later,

50-488: A cross into his forehead. Twenty years later, Love finds and kills Cortez. Meanwhile, his partners, sharpshooter Bill Pickett and quick draw Jim Beckwourth , ambush the Crimson Hood gang and steal their haul from a recent bank robbery. The lone survivor tells them the $ 25,000 they have stolen belongs to Buck. Love travels to meet his former lover Mary Fields , who runs a chain of saloons. Pickett brings news of

75-623: A bowler hat looks at them from a distance. The film's original working title was The Notorious Nine . The film was announced in July 2019, when Jonathan Majors was cast to star in it. Musician Jeymes Samuel co-wrote and directed the film. Idris Elba would join in November, and Jay-Z , who would produce the film, was announced to be writing original music for the film. By September 2020, Zazie Beetz , Lakeith Stanfield , Delroy Lindo and Regina King would be among new cast members added to

100-631: A chance for revenge. Love's gang, accompanied by Fields and her friend and enforcer, Cuffee , arrive and insist on joining. They encounter Escoe, who tells them Buck has returned to Redwood. Fields volunteers to scout Redwood under the cover of offering to buy Smith's saloon. Love proposes marriage to Fields, but she turns him down. When Fields arrives in Redwood, Smith takes her prisoner and beats her. Love's gang arrives, and Love joins Fields in captivity to save her life. Smith has Love beaten, and he in turn asks Buck to release Fields. Buck demands Love return

125-462: Is a 2021 American Western film directed by Jeymes Samuel (in his feature directorial debut ), who co-wrote the screenplay with Boaz Yakin . The film stars Jonathan Majors , Idris Elba , Zazie Beetz , Regina King , Delroy Lindo , Lakeith Stanfield , RJ Cyler , Danielle Deadwyler , Edi Gathegi , and Deon Cole . It is one of few Westerns whose principal cast members are all Black. Its characters are based on real cowboys, lawmen, and outlaws of

150-547: Is freed by Cuffee and pursues Smith, who she defeats in a hand-to-hand fight. Pickett is shot in the back by Bill, who is subsequently killed by Cuffee in a quick draw confrontation. Love finds Buck, who is unwilling to defend himself. Buck reveals that they are half-brothers, and that their father was once an abusive outlaw who killed his first wife (Buck's mother) when she tried to protect her son. After leaving Buck, their father eventually repented and married another woman and had Nat. He further indicates that driving Love to outlawry

175-665: Is to provide educational opportunities to future minority film executives. Through the FAAAF programs "Reel Kids", and "Producer's Institute", scholarships are awarded to minority junior high, high school and college graduate students pursuing careers in the movie and television industries. In 2015, the foundation changed its name to the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film. The first Outstanding Actor award

200-588: The BFI London Film Festival on October 6, 2021. It also screened at the Montclair Film Festival on October 22, 2021. It received a limited release on October 22, 2021, prior to streaming on Netflix on November 3. An original soundtrack and a film score composed by Jeymes Samuel, were released on October 29, 2021 and January 14, 2022, respectively. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , 88% of 181 critics gave

225-617: The third annual Black Reel Awards held its first live presentation at a private dinner function at the Cada Vez in Washington, DC , with an audience of about 150 people. Twenty statuettes were awarded, honoring African American artists, directors and other participants in the filmmaking industry, for their works in 2001. The ceremony ran for 90 minutes. In subsequent years, the Black Reel Awards have largely been presented in

250-533: The thirteenth annual Black Reel Awards presentation was held at the MIST Harlem with an audience of about 200 people. Initially winners were announced online. Later, the live awards presentations would use a sealed envelope to reveal the name of each winner. The Black Reel Awards benefit the Foundation for the Advancement of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF), a non-profit arts organization whose mission

275-464: The Black Reel Awards for Television was first presented on August 1, 2017. The awards honors performers, programs, directors and writers over 27 categories in drama, comedy, music, documentaries and TV Movie or Limited Series. The TV Movie or Limited Series categories, which previously were honored as part of the Black Reel Awards were moved to the television awards. The Special Black Reel Awards are voted on by special foundation committees, rather than by

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300-618: The Outstanding Original Television Program was discontinued in 2005 and later expanded and resurfaced in 2015 as the Outstanding Television Documentary or Special category. In 2024, the categories for Outstanding Actor and Actress and Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress were retired in favor of gender-neutral Outstanding Lead Performance and Outstanding Supporting Performance categories. A television awards, known as

325-399: The big winners of the night, taking home four awards each. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold . The following films received multiple nominations: The following films received multiple wins: The following television series received multiple nominations: The following series received multiple wins: The Harder They Fall (2021 film) The Harder They Fall

350-667: The film. Filming had been scheduled to begin in March 2020 in Santa Fe, New Mexico , but was delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . Cynthia Erivo , Wesley Snipes and Sterling K. Brown , who were initially cast, had to exit due to the delays caused by the pandemic. Filming commenced in September 2020, but was paused on October 15 after a background actor tested positive for COVID-19 . The film had its world premiere at

375-587: The first Vanguard Award for entertainer of the year to Jamie Foxx for his performances in Collateral , Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story , and Ray . Each of the Black Reel Awards ceremonies has ended with the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Film . In 2005, three categories, Outstanding Actor , Outstanding Actress , as well as Outstanding Film awards were split into two separate categories (Drama and Musical/Comedy). In addition,

400-460: The heist to Love. Buck's gang, led by Trudy Smith and Cherokee Bill , forcefully free Buck from a train leaving from Yuma Territorial Prison . They reveal Buck has been pardoned , and they have been paid to kill the corrupt U.S. Army soldiers guarding the prison car. After slaughtering the soldiers, Buck and his gang arrive in their former stronghold of Redwood City, now run by Buck's associate, Sheriff Wiley Escoe. Learning that Escoe has used

425-409: The money he stole plus $ 10,000 as 'interest', requiring him to rob a bank in a white town. Love and Cuffee rob the bank without killing anyone and escape. However, the group recognizes that Buck is unlikely to release Fields willingly, so they devise a plan to rig a decoy wagon with dynamite . They enter Redwood and the decoy wagon is destroyed, killing some of Buck's gang. Love prepares to hand over

450-454: The money, but is interrupted by Cherokee Bill preparing to shoot him in the back. Beckwourth intervenes, challenging Bill to a quick draw showdown. Bill shoots and kills Beckwourth before he can finish counting down, causing a gunfight to erupt. Love, Reeves, Pickett, and Cuffee kill most of Buck's gang, and the money is destroyed in another explosion. Escoe infiltrates Buck's house but is killed by Buck, while Pickett and Love are wounded. Fields

475-545: The nation's capital, with the exception of one year when the awards were moved to New York. The awards have been presented live several times: the fourth annual Black Reel Awards presentation was held at H 2 O on the Southwest waterfront in Washington, DC with an audience of about 200 people; the sixth annual Black Reel Awards presentation was held at the French Embassy with an audience of about 350 people; and

500-485: The nineteenth-century American West. The Harder They Fall premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 6, 2021. It received a limited release on October 22, 2021, prior to streaming on Netflix on November 3. Eleven-year-old Nat Love is eating dinner with his parents when Rufus Buck and his associate Cortez arrive. Nat's father begs Buck to spare his wife and son and asks Buck for forgiveness, but Buck shoots and kills both of Nat's parents and then carves

525-433: The position to profit at the expense of the town, Buck brutally pistol whips him and orders him to leave town. Buck gathers the townspeople and after killing a naysayer, demands that they raise $ 50,000 to save Redwood, threatening to kill and burn the property of any who resist. U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves arrests Love after a standoff in a saloon. However, Reeves reveals to Love that Buck has been released, and he offers him

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550-530: The record for most nominations without a single win (11). 20 Nominations 19 Nominations 17 Nominations 15 Nominations 14 nominations 13 nominations 12 nominations 11 nominations 10 nominations Black Reel Awards of 2000 The 2000 Black Reel Awards , which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C. , on February 16, 2000. The Best Man and A Lesson Before Dying were

575-482: The voting academy membership as a whole. They are not always presented on a consistent annual basis. Below are the motion picture films with 10 or more nominations. The Harder They Fall holds the record for the most nominations with 20 while Black Panther holds the record for most wins for a single film with 10 categorical wins. 12 Years a Slave , Selma , and Dolemite Is My Name are tied for second place with 8 wins apiece. BlacKkKlansman currently holds

600-643: Was given to Denzel Washington for his performance in The Hurricane . He subsequently received the same honor the next two years, for his performances in Remember the Titans and Training Day . At the 3rd Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, held on February 16, 2002, the Outstanding Foreign Film category was introduced. The 6th Annual Black Reel Awards , held in 2005, presented

625-450: Was his true act of revenge against their father. Love reluctantly kills Buck and closes his eyes out of respect. Love and his companions bury Pickett and Beckwourth, alongside another grave marked "Nat Love" (implied to be the resting place of Rufus Buck), as Reeves states that the law will now consider Nat to be "dead." Cuffee joins Reeves as a deputy. Cuffee and Reeves ride off in one direction and Love and Fields in another. A woman holding

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