Nominacje do 47 edycji NAACP Image Awards

„Creed” i „Empire” zdobyły najwięcej nominacji do NAACP Image Awards. To nagrody przyznawane twórcom o innym niż biały kolorze skóry. Wśród kategorii znajdują się te poświęcone kinu, telewizji, muzyce, literaturze.

Pięć najlepszych filmów roku to: "Beasts of No Nation" (Netflix), "Concussion" (Sony Pictures Entertainment), "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures), "Dope" (Open Road Films) oraz "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures).

“Creed” otrzymał sześć nominacji, "Straight Outta Compton" o jedną nominację mniej, a "Beasts of No Nation" zdobył cztery nominacje. W kategoriach telewizyjnych aż 12 nominacji otrzymał serial „Empire”. Finał nagród 5 lutego.

Pełna lista nominacji (w oryginale):

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

* Michael B. Jordan

* Misty Copeland

* Pharrell Williams

* Shonda Rhimes

* Viola Davis

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture

• "Beasts of No Nation" (Netflix)

• "Concussion" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

• "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

• "Dope" (Open Road Films)

• "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

* Abraham Attah - "Beasts of No Nation" (Netflix)

* Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Secret in Their Eyes" (STX Entertainment)

* Michael B. Jordan - "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

* Michael Ealy - "The Perfect Guy" (Screen Gems)

* Will Smith - "Concussion" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

• Lauren 'Keke' Palmer - "Brotherly Love" (Flavor Unit)

• Sanaa Lathan - "The Perfect Guy" (Screen Gems)

• Teyonah Parris - "Chi-Raq" (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)

• Viola Davis - "Lila and Eve" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

• Zoe Saldana - "Infinitely Polar Bear" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

• Chiwetel Ejiofor - "The Martian" (20th Century Fox)

• Corey Hawkins - "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures)

• Forest Whitaker - "Southpaw" (The Weinstein Company)

• Idris Elba - "Beasts of No Nation" (Netflix)

• O'Shea Jackson, Jr. - "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

* Angela Bassett - "Chi-Raq" (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)

* Gugu Mbatha-Raw - "Concussion" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

* Jennifer Hudson - "Chi-Raq" (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)

* Phylicia Rashad - "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

* Tessa Thompson - "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

• "Beasts of No Nation" (Netflix)

• "Brotherly Love" (Flavor Unit)

• "Chi-Raq" (Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)

• "Infinitely Polar Bear" (Sony Pictures Classics)

• "Secret in Their Eyes" (STX Entertainment)

DOCUMENTARY

Outstanding Documentary - (Film)

* "Amy" (A24)

* "Dreamcatcher" (Rise Films, Green Acres Films & Vixen Films in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation)

* "In My Fathers House" (Break Thru Films)

* "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" (PBS Distribution/Firelight Films)

* "What Happened, Miss Simone?" (A Radical Media Production in Association with Moxie Firecracker for Netflix)

Outstanding Documentary - (Television)

• "August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand" (PBS)

• "Belief" (OWN)

• "Kareem: Minority of One" (HBO)

• "Light Girls" (OWN)

• "Muhammad Ali: The Peoples Champ" (BET)

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series

• "black-ish" (ABC)

• "House of Lies" (Showtime)

• "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)

• "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)

• "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Andre Braugher - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)

• Anthony Anderson - "black-ish" (ABC)

• Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime)

• Dwayne Johnson - "Ballers" (HBO)

• RonReaco Lee - "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• Gina Rodriguez - "Jane The Virgin" (The CW)

• Loretta Devine - "The Carmichael Show" (NBC)

• Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish" (ABC)

• Uzo Aduba - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)

• Wendy Raquel Robinson - "The Game" (BET)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• David Alan Grier - "The Carmichael Show" (NBC)

• Laurence Fishburne - "black-ish" (ABC)

• Mike Epps - "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)

• Miles Brown - "black-ish" (ABC)

• Terry Crews - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Anna Deavere Smith - "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)

• Danielle Brooks - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)

• Laverne Cox - "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)

• Marsai Martin - "black-ish" (ABC)

• Tichina Arnold - "Survivor's Remorse" (Starz)

Outstanding Drama Series

• "Being Mary Jane" (BET)

• "Empire" (FOX)

• "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)

• "Power" (Starz)

• "Scandal" (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• LL Cool J - "NCIS: Los Angeles" (CBS)

• Morris Chestnut - "Rosewood" (FOX)

• Omari Hardwick - "Power" (Starz)

• Terrence Howard - "Empire" (FOX)

• Wesley Snipes - "The Player" (NBC)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Gabrielle Union - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)

• Kerry Washington - "Scandal" (ABC)

• Nicole Beharie - "Sleepy Hollow" (FOX)

• Taraji P. Henson - "Empire" (FOX)

• Viola Davis - "How to Get Away With Murder" (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Alfred Enoch - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)

• Bryshere Y. Gray - "Empire" (FOX)

• Guillermo Diaz - "Scandal" (ABC)

• Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)

• Jussie Smollett - "Empire" (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Cicely Tyson - "How to Get Away with Murder" (ABC)

• Danai Gurira - "The Walking Dead" (AMC)

• Grace Gealey - "Empire" (FOX)

• Naturi Naughton - "Power" (Starz)

• Regina King - "American Crime" (ABC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• "American Crime" (ABC)

• "Bessie" (HBO)

• "Luther" (BBC America)

• "The Book of Negroes" (BET)

• "The Wiz Live!" (NBC)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• Cuba Gooding, Jr. - "The Book of Negroes" (BET)

• David Alan Grier - "The Wiz Live!" (NBC)

• David Oyelowo - "Nightingale" (HBO)

• Idris Elba - "Luther" (BBC America)

• Michael Kenneth Williams - "Bessie" (HBO)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

• Angela Bassett - "American Horror Story: Hotel" (FX Networks)

• Aunjanue Ellis - "The Book of Negroes" (BET)

• Jill Scott - "With this Ring" (Lifetime)

• LaTonya Richardson Jackson - "Show Me a Hero" (HBO)

• Queen Latifah - "Bessie" (HBO)

Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special)

• "Katrina: 10 Years After the Storm" (ABC)

• "News One Now" (TV One)

* "Oprah Prime: Celebrating Dr. King and the Selma Marches 50 Years Later" (OWN)

• "Oprah: Where Are They Now?- Civil Rights Special" (OWN)

• "Unsung" (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series

• "Melissa Harris-Perry" (MSNBC)

• "Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)

• "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" (Comedy Central)

• "The Talk" (CBS)

• "The Wendy Williams Show" (Syndicated)

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series

• "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC)

• "Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)

• "Shark Tank" (ABC)

• "The Voice" (NBC)

• "Welcome to Sweetie Pies" (OWN)

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)

• "Black Girls Rock!" (BET)

• "Family Feud" (Syndicated)

• "Oprahs Master Class" (OWN)

• "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" (Comedy Central)

• "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" (Comedy Central)

Outstanding Children’s Program

• "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)

• "Dora and Friends" (Nickelodeon)

• "K.C. Undercover" (Disney Channel)

• "Little Ballers" (Nickelodeon)

• "Project MC2" (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Mini-series)

• Hudson Yang - "Fresh Off The Boat" (ABC)

• Marcus Scribner - "black-ish" (ABC)

• Marsai Martin - "black-ish" (ABC)

• Miles Brown - "black-ish" (ABC)

• Skai Jackson - "Jessie" (Disney Channel)

Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual

• "Family Feud" - Steve Harvey (Syndicated)

• "Melissa Harris-Perry" - Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC)

• "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel " - Bryant Gumbel (HBO)

• "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" - Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

• "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" - Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central)

WRITING

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Alan Yang, Aziz Ansari - "Master of None" - Parents (Netflix)

• Jennie Snyder Urman - "Jane The Virgin" - Chapter Twenty-Three (The CW)

• Jill Soloway - "Transparent" - Kina Hora (Amazon Video)

• Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Jay Martel, Ian Roberts, Rebecca Drysdale, Colton Dunn, Phil Augusta Jackson, Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders, Rich Talarico - "Key & Peele" - Y'all Ready For This? (Comedy Central)

• Kenya M. Barris - "black-ish" - The Word (ABC)

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series

* Erika Green Swafford, Doug Stockstill - "How to Get Away with Murder" - Mama's Here Now (ABC)

* John Ridley - "American Crime" - Episode 1 (ABC)

* LaToya Morgan - "TURN: Washingtons Spies" - False Flag (AMC)

* Lee Daniels, Danny Strong - "Empire" - Pilot (FOX)

* Mara Brock Akil, Jameal Turner, Keli Goff - "Being Mary Jane" - Sparrow (BET)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture - (Television)

• Dee Rees - "Bessie" (HBO)

• Lawrence Hill, Clement Virgo - "The Book of Negroes" (BET)

• Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein - "White Water" (TV One)

• Nzingha Stewart - "With this Ring" (Lifetime)

• Shem Bitterman - "Whitney" (Lifetime)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film)

* Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman - "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures)

* Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois, Grant Thompson - "McFarland USA" (Walt Disney Pictures)

* Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley - "Inside Out" (Disney/Pixar)

* Rick Famuyiwa - "Dope" (Open Road Films)

* Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington - "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Pictures)

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

* Aziz Ansari - "Master of None" - Parents (Netflix)

* Brad Silberling - "Jane The Virgin" - Chapter Twenty-Three (The CW)

* Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" - The Urge to Save Humanity is Almost Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule (Showtime)

* Peter Atencio - "Key & Peele" - The End (Comedy Central)

* Stan Lathan - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" - Cabin Pressure (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series

• Ernest Dickerson - "Hand of God" - Welcome the Stranger (Amazon Video)

• John Ridley - "American Crime" - Episode 1 (ABC)

• Lee Daniels - "Empire" - Pilot (FOX)

• Millicent Shelton - "American Crime" - Episode Ten (ABC)

• Salim Akil - "Being Mary Jane" - Sparrow (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television)

• Christine Swanson - "For the Love of Ruth" (TV One)

• Dee Rees - "Bessie" (HBO)

• Nzingha Stewart - "With this Ring" (Lifetime)

• Rusty Cundieff - "White Water" (TV One)

• Salim Akil - "The Start Up" (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture - (Film)

• Alfonso Gomez-Rejon - "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" (Fox Searchlight Pictures / Rhode Island Ave)

• Charles Stone, III - "Lila and Eve" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

• F. Gary Gray - "Straight Outta Compton" (Universal Pictures)

• Rick Famuyiwa - "Dope" (Open Road Films)

• Ryan Coogler - "Creed" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)

ANIMATED/CGI

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance - (Television or Film)

• Aisha Tyler - "Archer" (FX Networks)

• Audra McDonald - "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Junior)

• Jeffrey Wright - "The Good Dinosaur" (Disney/Pixar)

• Loretta Devine - "Doc McStuffins" (Disney Channel)

• Wanda Sykes - "Penn Zero" (Disney XD)

RECORDING

Outstanding New Artist

• Andra Day (Warner Bros. Records)

• Judith Hill (NPG Records)

• Jussie Smollett (Columbia Records)

• The Weeknd (Republic Records)

• Yazz (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Male Artist

• Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)

• Kendrick Lamar (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope)

• Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records/iamOTHER)

• The Weeknd (Republic Records)

• Tyrese Gibson (Voltron Recordz)

Outstanding Female Artist

• Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation/BMG)

• Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)

• Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)

• Lalah Hathaway (Hathaway Entertainment/Entertainment One)

• Lauryn Hill (RCA Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration

* "Conqueror" - Empire Cast feat. Estelle & Jussie Smollett (Columbia Records)

* "Hamilton: An American Musical" - Original Broadway Cast (Atlantic Records)

* "No Sleeep" - Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole (Rhythm Nation/BMG)

* "One Man Can Change The World" - Big Sean feat. Kanye West and John Legend (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings)

* "Sound & Color" - Alabama Shakes (ATO Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album

* "BrotherLEE Love: Celebrating Lee Morgan" - Terell Stafford Quintet (Capri Records)

* "Dee Dee's Feathers" - Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (Okeh)

* "Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4" - Miles Davis (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)

* "The Complete Concert By The Sea" - Erroll Garner (Legacy Recordings/Octave Music Publishing Corporation)

* The Epic" - Kamasi Washington (Brainfeeder)

Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary)

• "A Different Place" - Kim Burrell (Shanachie Entertainment)

• "It's Personal" - Tina Campbell (Gee Tree Creative)

• "Losing My Religion" - Kirk Franklin (RCA Inspiration)

• "The Gospel According To Jazz - Chapter IV" - Kirk Whalum (Mack Avenue Records, Rendezvous, Top Drawer Records)

• "You Shall Live" - Marvin Sapp (RCA Inspiration)

Outstanding Music Video

• "Can't Feel My Face" - The Weeknd (Republic Records)

• "Freedom" - Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records/iamOTHER)

• "No Sleeep" - Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole (Rhythm Nation/BMG)

• "Shame" - Tyrese Gibson (Voltron Recordz)

• "Sound & Color" - Alabama Shakes (ATO Records)

Outstanding Song – Traditional

• "Back Together" - Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)

• "Everytime I'm With You" - Seal (Reprise Records)

• "Feeling Good" - Lauryn Hill (RCA Records)

• "Goodnight Kisses" - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)

• "Let It Burn" - Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records)

Outstanding Album

* "Beauty Behind the Madness" - The Weeknd (Republic Records)

* "Empire (Original Soundtrack from Season One)" - Empire Cast (Columbia Records)

* "Forever Charlie" - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)

* "Unbreakable" - Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation/BMG)

* "Woman" - Jill Scott (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Song – Contemporary

* "Conqueror" - Empire Cast feat. Estelle & Jussie Smollett (Columbia)

* "Freedom" - Pharrell Williams (Columbia Records/iamOTHER)

* "No Sleeep" - Janet Jackson feat. J. Cole (Rhythm Nation/BMG)

* "Unbreakable" - Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation/BMG)

* "You're So Beautiful" - Empire Cast feat. Jussie Smollett & Yazz (Columbia Records)

LITERATURE

Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction

• "Driving the King" - Ravi Howard (HarperCollins/Harper)

• "Ghost Summer: Stories" - Tananarive Due (Prime Books)

• "Mama's Boy" - ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster)

• "Stand Your Ground" - Victoria Christopher Murrary (Touchstone)

• "Under the Udala Trees" - Chinelo Okparanta (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Outstanding Literary Work - Non-Fiction

• "50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership" - Kathey Porter (Author), Andrea Hoffman (Author), (Palgrave Macmillan)

• "Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America" - Jill Leovy (Spiegel & Grau)

* "SHOWDOWN: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America" - Wil Haygood (Alfred A. Knopf)

• "Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga" - Pamela Newkirk

(HarperCollins/Amistad)

• "The Light of the World" - Elizabeth Alexander (Grand Central Publishing)

Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author

• "Between The World and Me" - Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau)

• "The Fishermen" - Chigozie Obioma (Little, Brown & Company)

• "The Star Side of Bird Hill" - Naomi Jackson (Penguin Press)

• "The Turner House" - Angela Flournoy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

• "The Wind In The Reeds: A Storm, A Play And The City That Could Not Be Broken" - Wendell Pierce (Author), Rod Dreher (Author), (Riverhead Books)

Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/ Auto-Biography

• "After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye" - Jan Gaye (Author), David Ritz (With), (HarperCollins/Amistad)

• "Between The World and Me" - Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau)

• "One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York" - Arthur Browne (Beacon Press)

• "Power Forward: My Presidential Education" - Reggie Love (Simon & Schuster)

• "Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person" - Shonda Rhimes (Simon & Schuster)

Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional

• "Big Words to Little Me: Tips and Advice for the Younger Self" - Sakina Ibrahim

(Author), Jessie Lee (With), (Createspace (Self published))

* "Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom" - Cortez R. Rainey (CreateSpace)

* "Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories" - Jocelyn Delk Adams (Agate Surrey)

* "Keep Calm... It's Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide To Buying A Home" – Egypt Sherrod (Perseus/Running Press)

• "Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family" - Alice Randall (Author), Caroline Randall Williams (Author), (Clarkson Potter)

Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry

* "Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude" - Ross Gay (University of Pittsburgh Press)

* "How to Be Drawn" - Terrance Hayes (Penguin Books / Penguin Random House)

* "Reconnaissance" - Carl Phillips (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

* "Redbone" - Mahogany L. Browne (Willow Books)

* "Wild Hundreds" - Nate Marshall (University of Pittsburgh Press)

Outstanding Literary Work - Children

• "Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts" - Nikki Grimes (Author), Michele Wood (Illustrator), (Orchard Books / Scholastic)

• "Gordon Parks How the Photographer Captured Black and White America" - Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Jamey Christoph (Illustrator), (Albert Whitman & Company)

* "Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box" - Michael S. Bandy (Author), Eric Stein (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator), (Candlewick Press)

• "If You Plant a Seed" - Kadir Nelson (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins

Publishers)

* "New Shoes" - Susan Lynn Meyer (Author), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator), (Holiday House)

Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens

* "Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound" - Andrea Davis Pinkney (Roaring Brook Press)

* "Stella By Starlight" - Sharon Draper (Simon & Schuster)

* "Untwine" - Edwidge Danticat (Scholastic Press)

* "X: A Novel" - Ilyasah Shabazz (Author), Kekla Magoon (With), (Candlewick Press)

* "You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace" - Gwen Richardson (Author), Sylvia Daye Richardson (Author), (Cushcity Communications)