Black Reel Awards
| Black Reel Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in African-American Films |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Foundation for the Advancement of African-Americans in Film |
| First awarded | February 16, 2000 |
| Official website | Black Reel Awards.com |
The Black Reel Awards, or "BRAs", is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) to recognize excellence in African-American, as well as those of African diaspora's cinematic achievements in the around the world film industry as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially called the Black Reel Award. The awards, first presented in 2000 in Washington, DC, are overseen by FAAAF.
The awards ceremony was initially awarded online their first two years before the first live show in 2002. The awards have broadcast to radio since 2014. Currently, the Black Reel Awards is the oldest cinema-exclusive awards ceremony for African-Americans.
The 16th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony was held on February 18, 2016. A total of 315 Black Reel Awards have been presented since the inception of the award through the 16th.
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, the third annual Black Reel Awards held their 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 during 2001. The ceremony ran for 90 minutes.
In subsequent years, the Black Reel Awards have largely been presented in 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 H20 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 the thirteenth annual Black Reel Awards presentation was held at the MIST Harlem with an audience of about 200 people.
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