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Deets: The 13th annual AAFCA Film Awards will celebrate outstanding achievement in film. Awards will be presented in several categories including: Best Picture (“The Harder They Fall,” Best Actor (Will Smith, “King Richard”), Best Actress (Jennifer Hudson, “Respect”), Netflix), Best Supporting Actor (Corey Hawkins, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”), Best Supporting Actress (Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”), Breakout Actor (Saniyya Sidney, “King Richard”), Best Ensemble (“The Harder They Fall,” Netflix), Best Screenplay (Adam McKay, “Don’t Look Up), Emerging Director (Reinaldo Marcus Green, “King Richard”), Best Music (Jeymes Samuel, Kid Cudi, Jay-Z “The Harder They Fall”), Best Independent Feature (Jeffery Robinson, “Who We Are”) and Best Documentary (“Summer of Soul”). The Stanley Kramer Award for Social Justice will be presented to “Attica” Director Stanley Nelson and Co-Director Traci Curry. Roxanne Avent-Taylor will receive the Building Change Award, presented by Lowes, the Salute to Excellence will be presented to John Gibson and the Innovator Awards will be presented to Terence Blanchard.
Who You May Spot: Winners Jennifer Hudson, Corey Hawkins, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney (Actress, “King Richard”), Jeymes Samuel (director, writer, producer of multiple award-winner “The Harder They Fall”), Adam McKay (director, writer, producer of “Don’t Look Up”), Reinaldo Marcus Green (director, “King Richard”), Jeffery Robinson (writer, producer of “Who We Are”), Stanley Nelson (Director of “Attica”), Roxanne Avent-Taylor (Hidden Empire Film Group), John Gibson (MPA), Terence Blanchard, presenters Wayne Brady, DeWanda Wise, Karen Sharpe-Kramer, Meagan Good, Franklin Leonard, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Jay Ellis, Travon Free, Algee Smith, Nicole Brown, Cassandra Freeman, Chante Smith, Shaka King, hosts Charlamagne Tha God and Alesha Renee and AAFCA President Gil Robertson.
HInt for the Average Socialite: This is strictly invite only.
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