6th Annual Black Reel Awards

The 2005 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 19, 2005. Ray and Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story were the big winners during the ceremony, picking up five awards each.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film, Drama	Best Film, Comedy / Musical
Ray * Baadasssss! * I, Robot	Lightning in a Bottle * Barbershop 2: Back in Business * Fade to Black
Best Director	Best Original Score
Mario Van Peebles – Baadasssss!* Ernest Dickerson – Never Die Alone * Antoine Fuqua – Lightning in a Bottle * Spike Lee – She Hate Me * Charles Stone III – Mr. 3000	Ray Charles and Stephen Altman – Ray * Terence Blanchard – She Hate Me * RZA – Kill Bill: Volume 2
Best Actor, Drama	Best Actor, Comedy / Musical
Jamie Foxx – Ray* Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda * Mario Van Peebles – Baadasssss!	Bernie Mac – Mr. 3000 * Jamie Foxx – Breakin' All the Rules * Ice Cube – Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Best Actress, Drama	Best Actress, Comedy / Musical
Sophie Okonedo – Hotel Rwanda* Regina King – Ray * Kerry Washington – Ray	Irma P. Hall – The Ladykillers * Angela Bassett – Mr. 3000 * Gabrielle Union – Breakin' All the Rules
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jamie Foxx – Collateral* Cedric the Entertainer – Barbershop 2: Back in Business * Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby * Clifton Powell – Ray * Jeffrey Wright – The Manchurian Candidate	Sharon Warren – Ray * Joy Bryant – Baadasssss! * Kimberly Elise – The Manchurian Candidate * Nia Long – Alfie * Jada Pinkett Smith – Collateral
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original	Best Breakthrough Performance
Mario Van Peebles – Baadasssss!* Michael Genet and Spike Lee – She Hate Me * Shonda Rhimes – The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement * Don D. Scott – Barbershop 2: Back in Business * James L. White – Ray	Sharon Warren – Ray * Anthony Mackie – She Hate Me * C. J. Sanders – Ray
Best Television Miniseries or Movie	Outstanding Director in a Television Miniseries or Movie
Something the Lord Made – Robert W. Cort and Eric Hetzel * Beah: A Black Woman Speaks – Jonathan Demme and Joe Viola * Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story – Sue Bugden and Rudy Langlais	Vondie Curtis-Hall – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story * Lisa Gay Hamilton – Beah: A Black Woman Speaks * Joseph Sargent – Something the Lord Made
Best Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Jamie Foxx – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story * Mos Def – Something the Lord Made * Roger Guenveur Smith – Justice	Lynn Whitfield – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story * Monica Calhoun – Justice * Anna Marie Horsford – Justice
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Clayton LeBouef – Something the Lord Made * Reg E. Cathey – Everyday People * Stephen McKinley Henderson – Everyday People	C. C. H. Pounder – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story * Iris Little-Thomas – Everyday People * Gabrielle Union – Something the Lord Made
Outstanding Screenplay in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Original Television Program
J.T. Allen – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story * Lisa Gay Hamilton – Beah: A Black Woman Speaks * Jim McKay – Everyday People	America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr. * Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise * The N-Word
Outstanding Independent Film	Outstanding Emerging Director
The Woodsman – Nicole Kassell * Motives – Craig Ross Jr. * Woman Thou Art Loosed – Michael Schultz	Michael Schultz – Woman Thou Art Loosed* Shawn Martinbrough and Milo Stone – Mindgame * Craig Ross Jr. – Motives
Outstanding Independent Film Actor	Outstanding Independent Film Actress
Mos Def – The Woodsman * Shemar Moore – Motives * Clifton Powell – Woman Thou Art Loosed	Kimberly Elise – Woman Thou Art Loosed * Golden Brooks – Motives * Eve – The Woodsman