10th Annual Black Reel Awards

10th Black Reel Awards
10th Black Reel Awards
Date	February 12, 2010
Location	Washington, D.C.
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The 2010 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 12, 2010.^[1] Precious took home a record-breaking 7 wins, with The Princess and the Frog taking home two awards.

DateFebruary 12, 2010

LocationWashington, D.C.

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Best Film	Best Director
Precious American Violet The Blind Side Invictus The Princess and the Frog	Lee Daniels â Precious Bill Duke â Not Easily Broken Spike Lee â Passing Strange Scott Sanders â Black Dynamite George Tillman Jr. â Notorious
Best Actor	Best Actress
Morgan Freeman â Invictus Quinton Aaron â The Blind Side Jamie Foxx â The Soloist SoulÃ©ymane Sy SavanÃ© â Goodbye Solo Denzel Washington â The Taking of Pelham 123	Gabourey Sidibe â Precious Nicole Beharie â American Violet Taraji P. Henson â I Can Do Bad All By Myself Sophie Okonedo â Skin Maya Rudolph â Away We Go
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Anthony Mackie â The Hurt Locker Charles S. Dutton â American Violet Chiwetel Ejiofor â 2012 Lenny Kravitz â Precious Derek Luke â Madea Goes to Jail	Mo'Nique â Precious Mariah Carey â Precious Paula Patton â Precious Zoe SaldaÃ±a â Avatar Alfre Woodard â American Violet
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original	Best Voice Performance
Geoffrey S. Fletcher â Precious Brian Bird â Not Easily Broken Cheo Hodari Coker and Reggie Rock Bythewood â Notorious John Lee Hooker â The Blind Side Bryon Minms, Scott Sanders and Michael Jai White â Black Dynamite	Anika Noni Rose â The Princess and the Frog Keith David â Coraline Keith David â The Princess and the Frog Delroy Lindo â Up Forest Whitaker â Where the Wild Things Are
Best Breakthrough Performance	Best Ensemble
Gabourey Sidibe â Precious Quinton Aaron â The Blind Side Nicole Beharie â American Violet SoulÃ©ymane Sy SavanÃ© â Goodbye Solo Jamal Woolard â Notorious	Billy Hopkins and Jessica Kelly â Precious Tracy Bird and Pamela Frazier â Notorious Heidi Griffiths and Jordan Thaler â Passing Strange Jen Rudin â The Princess and the Frog Susan Shopmaker â American Violet
Best Original or Adapted Song
*"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog* â Anika Noni Rose** "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog â Anika Noni Rose "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" from I Can Do Bad All By Myself â Mary J. Blige "Keys" from Passing Strange â Daniel Breaker and De'Adre Aziza "Never Knew I Needed" from The Princess and the Frog â Ne-Yo
Best Independent Feature	Best Feature Documentary
Mississippi Damned â Tina Mabry Sugar â Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck This is the Life â Ava DuVernay	Good Hair â Jeff Stilson Michael Jackson's This Is It â Kenny Ortega More than a Game â Kristopher Belman Passing Strange â Spike Lee Tyson â James Toback
Outstanding Independent Documentary	Outstanding Independent Short Film
Without Bias â Kirk Fraser Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness â Llewellyn M. Smith Still Bill â Damani Baker and Alex Vlack	(Mis)leading Man â Morocco Omari Life on Earth â Jeffrey Keith The Roe Effect â Kiel Adrian Scott

10th Annual Black Reel Awards

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