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2022 Screen Actors Guild Winners List

The Screen Actors Guild Awards honors the 2021 television and film performances.

Helen Mirren was honored with the SAG Life Achievement Award.

The full list of winners are:
Television Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Michael Keaton, "Dopesick (Hulu) - WINNER

Murray Bartlett, "The White Lotus"
Oscar Isaac, "Scenes From a Marriage"
Ewan McGregor, "Halston"
Evan Peters, "Mare of Easttown"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kate Winslet, "Mare of Easttown" (HBO) - WINNER

Jennifer Coolidge, "The White Lotus"
Cynthia Erivo, "Genius: Aretha"
Margaret Qualley, "Maid"
Jean Smart, "Mare of Easttown"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Lee Jung-jae, "Squid Game" (Netflix) - WINNER

Brian Cox, "Succession"
Billy Crudup, "The Morning Show"
Kieran Culkin, "Succession"
Jeremy Strong, "Succession"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jung Ho-yeon, "Squid Game" (Netflix) - WINNER

Jennifer Aniston, "The Morning Show"
Elisabeth Moss, "The Handmaid's Tale"
Sarah Snook, "Succession"
Reese Witherspoon, "The Morning Show"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Jason Sudeikis, "Ted Lasso" (Apple TV+) - WINNER

Michael Douglas, "The Kominsky Method"
Brett Goldstein, "Ted Lasso"
Steve Martin, "Only Murders in the Building"
Martin Short, "Only Murders in the Building"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Jean Smart, "Hacks" (HBO) - WINNER

Elle Fanning, "The Great"
Sandra Oh, "The Chair"
Juno Temple, "Ted Lasso"
Hannah Waddingham, "Ted Lasso"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
"Succession" (HBO) - WINNER

"The Handmaid's Tale"
"The Morning Show"
"Squid Game"
"Yellowstone"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
"Ted Lasso" (Apple TV+) - WINNER

"The Great"
"Hacks"
"The Kominsky Method"
"Only Murders in the Building"

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
"Squid Game" (Netflix) - WINNER

"Cobra Kai"
"The Falcon and the Winter Soldier"
"Loki"
"Mare of Easttown"

Motion Picture Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Will Smith, "King Richard" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Overbrook Entertainment) - WINNER

Javier Bardem, "Being the Ricardos"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Power of the Dog"
Andrew Garfield, "Tick, Tick... Boom"
Denzel Washington, "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" (HBO) - WINNER

Olivia Colman, "The Lost Daughter"
Lady Gaga, "House of Gucci"
Jennifer Hudson, "Respect"
Nicole Kidman, "Being the Ricardos"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Troy Kotsur, "CODA" (Pathe’) - WINNER

Ben Affleck, "The Tender Bar"
Bradley Cooper, "Licorice Pizza"
Jared Leto, "House of Gucci"
Kodi Smit-McPhee, "The Power of the Dog"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Ariana DeBose, "West Side Story" (Amblin Entertainment/TSG Entertainment) - WINNER

Caitríona Balfe, "Belfast"
Cate Blanchett, "Nightmare Alley"
Kirsten Dunst, "The Power of the Dog"
Ruth Negga, "Passing"

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
"CODA" (Pathe’) - WINNER

"Belfast"
"Don't Look Up"
"House of Gucci"
"King Richard"

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
"No Time to Die" (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Eon Productions) - WINNER

"Black Widow"
"Dune"
"The Matrix Resurrections"
"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"

2022 NAACP Image Awards Winners List

2022 NAACP Image Awards Winners

Below are the winners of the 2022 NAACP Image Awards that honor the achievements of people of color across television, music, literature and film, and the promotion of social justice through their creative endeavors that were announced during their two-hour special hosted by nine-time NAACP Image Awards winner Anthony Anderson, on Saturday, February 26 on BET.

The list of all the 2022 nominees:
Special Award: NAACP Humanitarian of the Year – Darnella Frazier
Special Award: Roy Wilkins Civil Rights Award: Member of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas House Democratic Caucus, and Texas Legislative Black Caucus
Special Award: NAACP Activist of the Year: Scot X. Esdaile, President of the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches and a member of the NAACP National Board of Directors
Special Award: Youth Activist of the Year: Channing Hill, NAACP Chapter President, Howard University

NAACP CHAIRMAN’S AWARD
Samuel L. Jackson

SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT AWARD
Nikole Hannah-Jones

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Jennifer Hudson - Winner

Lil Nas X
Megan Thee Stallion
Regina King
Tiffany Haddish

Motion Picture
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE
The Harder They Fall – Winner

Judas and the Black Messiah
King Richard
Respect
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Will Smith, King Richard - Winner

Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Jonathan Majors,The Harder They Fall
LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Mess NOMINEES iah
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jennifer Hudson, Respect – Winner

Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Halle Berry, Bruised

Tessa Thompson, Passing
Zendaya, Malcolm & Marie

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures) - Winner

Algee Smith, Judas and the Black Messiah
Delroy Lindo, The Harder They Fall
Idris Elba,The Harder They Fall
LaKeith Stanfield,The Harder They Fall

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Regina King,The Harder They Fall (Netflix) - Winner

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Audra McDonald, Respect
Danielle Deadwyler, The Harder They Fall
Dominique Fishback, Judas and the Black Messiah

OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT MOTION PICTURE
CODA (Apple TV+) - Winner

American Skin
Bruised
Test Pattern
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE
7 Prisoners (Netflix) - Winner

African America
Eyimofe (This is My Desire)
Flee
The Gravedigger's Wife

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Danny Boyd, Jr., Bruised (Netflix) - Winner

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Jalon Christian, A Journal For Jordan
Lonnie Chavis, The Water Man
Sheila Atim, Bruised

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
The Harder They Fall (Netflix) - Winner

Coming 2 America
Judas and the Black Messiah
King Richard
Respect

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE
Encanto (Walt Disney Studios) – Winner

Luca
Raya and the Last Dragon
Sing 2
Vivo

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE – MOTION PICTURE
Letitia Wright, Sing 2 (Universal Pictures) - Winner

Andre Braugher, Spirit Untamed
Awkwafina, Raya and the Last Dragon
Brian Tyree Henry, Vivo
Eric André, Sing 2

OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM (Live Action)
When The Sun Sets (Lakutshon' Ilanga) (Universal Pictures) - winner

Aurinko in Adagio
Blackout
The Ice Cream Stop
These Final Hours

OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM(Animated)
Us Again (Walt Disney Animation Studios) - Winners

Blush
Robin Robin
She Dreams at Sunrise
Twenty Something

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH CREATIVE (Motion Picture)
Jeymes Samuel, The Harder They Fall (Netflix) - Winner

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Jamila Wignot, Ailey
Liesl Tommy, Respect
Rebecca Hall, Passing

TELEVISION + STREAMING CATEGORIES
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Insecure – Winner

black-ish
Harlem
Run the World
The Upshaws

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, black-ish - Winner

Cedric the Entertainer, The Neighborhood
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Elisha 'EJ' Williams, The Wonder Years
Jay Ellis, Insecure

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Issa Rae, Insecure - Winner

Loretta Devine, Family Reunion
Regina Hall, Black Monday
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Yvonne Orji, Insecure

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Deon Cole, black-ish (ABC) - Winner

Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Kenan Thompson - Saturday Night Live
Kendrick Sampson, Insecure
Laurence Fishburne, black-ish

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Natasha Rothwell, Insecure (HBO) - Winner

Amanda Seales, Insecure
Jenifer Lewis, black-ish
Marsai Martin, black-ish

Wanda Sykes, The Upshaws

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Queen Sugar – (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Winner

9-1-1
All American
Godfather of Harlem
Pose

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sterling K. Brown, This is Us - Winner

Billy Porter, Pose
Damson Idris, Snowfall
Forest Whitaker, Godfather of Harlem
Kofi Siriboe, Queen Sugar

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Angela Bassett, 9-1-1 – Winner

Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Queen Sugar
Octavia Spencer, Truth Be Told
Queen Latifah, The Equalizer
Rutina Wesley, Queen Sugar

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Power Book II: Ghost (Starz) - Winner

Alex R. Hibbert, The Chi

Daniel Ezra, All American
Giancarlo Esposito, Godfather of Harlem
Joe Morton, Our Kind of People

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Mary J. Blige, Power Book II: Ghost (Starz) - Winner

Alfre Woodard, SEE
Bianca Lawson, Queen Sugar
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
Susan Kelechi Watson, This is Us

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED-SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Colin in Black & White – (Netflix) - Winner

Genius: Aretha
Love Life
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
The Underground Railroad

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED-SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Kevin Hart, True Story (Netflix) – Winner

Anthony Mackie, Solos
Jaden Michael, Colin in Black & White
Wesley Snipes, True Story
William Jackson Harper, Love Life

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED-SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Taraji P. Henson, Annie Live! - Winner

Betty Gabriel, Clickbait
Cynthia Erivo, Genius: Aretha
Danielle Brooks, Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
Jodie Turner-Smith, Anne Boleyn

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE,
LIMITED-SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Courtney B. Vance, Genius: Aretha (National Geographic) – Winner

Keith David, Black As Night
Tituss Burgess, Annie Live!
Will Catlett, True Story
William Jackson Harper, The Underground Railroad

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MOVIE, LIMITED-SERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL

Regina Hall, Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu ) - Winner

Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Anika Noni Rose, Maid
Pauletta Washington, Genius: Aretha
Sheila Atim, The Underground Railroad

OUTSTANDING NEW/INFORMATION (Series or Special)
The Reidout (MSNBC) - Winner

Blood on Black Wall Street: The Legacy of the Tulsa Massacre
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
Soul of A Nation
Unsung

OUTSTANDING TALK SERIES
Red Table Talk – Facebook Watch) - Winner

Desus & Mero
Hart to Heart
Tamron Hall
The Real

OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM, REALITY COMPETITION OR GAME SHOW (Series) Wild 'n Out (VH1) - Winner

Celebrity Family Feud
Iyanla: Fix My Life
Sweet Life: Los Angeles
The Voice

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SHOW (Series or Special)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) - Winner

A Black Lady Sketch Show
BET Awards 2021
Dave Chappelle: The Closer
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3

OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
Family Reunion (Netflix) - Winner

Ada Twist, Scientist
Karma's World
Raven’s Home
Waffles + Mochi

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series)
Miles Brown, black-ish (ABC) - Winner

Alayah "Lay Lay" High, That Girl Lay Lay
Celina Smith, Annie Live!
Elisha 'EJ' Williams, The Wonder Years
Eris Baker, This Is Us

OUTSTANDING HOST IN A TALK OR NEWS/INFORMATION (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Willow Smith, Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch) – Winner

Joy Reid, The Reidout
Daniel "Desus Nice" Baker, Joel "The Kid Mero" Martinez, Desus & Mero
Garcelle Beauvais, Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai Jenkins, The Real
LeBron James, The Shop: Uninterrupted

OUTSTANDING HOST IN A REALITY/REALITY COMPETITION, GAME SHOW OR VARIETY (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) - Winner

Alfonso Ribeiro, America's Funniest Home Videos
Amber Ruffin, The Amber Ruffin Show
Cedric The Entertainer, 73rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
Iyanla Vanzant, Iyanla: Fix My Life

OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE
Maya Rudolph,Saturday Night Live (NBC) - Winner

Alani "La La" Anthony, The Chi
Christina Elmore, Insecure
Daniel Kaluuya, Saturday Night Live
Erika Alexander, Run the World

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SERIES
We The People (Netflix) - Winner

Big Mouth
Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz
Super Sema

Yasuke

OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE (Television)
Cree Summer, Rugrats (Nickelodeon) - Winner

Angela Bassett, Malika: The Lion Queen
Billy Porter, Fairfax
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Karma's World
Keke Palmer, Big Mouth

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM SERIES - Comedy or Drama
Between the Scenes - The Daily Show (Comedy Central) - Winner

Dark Humor
Della Mae
The Disney Launchpad: Shorts Incubator
Two Sides: Unfaithful

OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM SERIES OR SPECIAL – Reality/Nonfiction
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day (Paramount +) - Winner

Life By The Horns
Memory Builds The Monument
Widen the Screen: 8:46 Films
Through Our Eyes: Shelter

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH CREATIVE (Television)
Angel Kristi Williams, Colin in Black & White (Netflix) – Winner

Cierra Glaude, Queen Sugar
Deborah Riley Draper, The Legacy of Black Wall Street
Halcyon Person, Karma's World
Quyen Tran, Maid

RECORDING CATEGORIES
OUTSTANDING NEW ARTIST
Saweetie – Best Friend FT. Doja Cat (ICY/Warner Records) - Winner

Cynthia Erivo
Jimmie Allen
Tems
Zoe Wees

OUTSTANDING MALE ARTIST
Anthony Hamilton – Love Is The New Black (My Music Box LLC/BMG) - Winner

Drake
Givēon
J. Cole
Lil Nas X

OUTSTANDING FEMALE ARTIST
Jazmine Sullivan – Heaux Talex (RCA Records) – Winner

H.E.R
Ari Lennox
Beyoncé
Chlöe

OUTSTANDING GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN ALBUM
Overcomer -T amela Mann (Tillyman Music Group) - Winner

Anthems & Glory - Todd Dulaney
Believe For It-CeCe Winans
Jonny x Mali: Live in L.A.-Jonathan McReynolds and Mali Music
Power -Jason McGee & The Choir

OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL SONG
"Essence" - Wizkid feat. Tems and Justin Bieber (RCA Records/Starboy/Sony Music International) - Winner

"Peru" - Fireboy DML
"Somebody's Son" - Tiwa Savage feat. Brandy
"Touch It" - KiDi
"Understand" - Omah Lay

OUTSTANDING MUSIC VIDEO/VISUAL ALBUM
"Essence" - Wizkid feat. Tems (RCA Records/Starboy/Sony Music International) - Winner

"Best Friend" - Saweetie feat. Doja Cat
"Fye Fye" - Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fat Nwigwe
"Have Mercy" - Chlöe
"Leave The Door Open" - Silk Sonic

OUTSTANDING ALBUM
Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records) - Winner

An Evening with Silk Sonic - Silk Sonic
Back of My Mind - H.E.R.
Certified Lover Boy - Drake
When It’s All Said and Done… Take Time - Givēon

OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK/COMPILATION ALBUM
The Harder They Fall (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) - JAY-Z and Jeymes Samuel (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Geneva Club/Roc Nation Records, LLC) - Winner

Coming 2 America (Amazon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)- Eddie Murphy, Craig Brewer, Kevin Misher, Randy Spendlove, Jeff Harleston, Brittney Ramsdell
Judas and the Black Messiah (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Mark Isham and Craig Harris
Respect (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Jason Michael Webb and Stephen Bray
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture) - Salaam Remi, Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq, Warren “E” Felder, Downtown Trevor Brown

OUTSTANDING GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN SONG
"Help Me" - Tamela Mann feat. The Fellas (Tillyman Music Group) - Winner

"Believe For It" - CeCe Winans
"Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)" - H.E.R. and Tauren Wells
"Overcome 2021" - Kirk Franklin
"Time for Reparations" - Sounds of Blackness

OUTSTANDING JAZZ ALBUM – INSTRUMENTAL
Sounds from the Ancestors - Kenny Garrett (Mack Avenue Music Group) - Winner

Forever…Jaz - Jazmin Ghent
Love Languages - Nathan Mitchell
Somewhere Different - Brandee Younger
The Magic of Now - Orrin Evans

OUTSTANDING JAZZ ALBUM – Vocal
Generations - The Baylor Project (Be A Light) – Winner

Dear Love - Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force
Ledisi Sings Nina - Ledisi
Let There Be Love - Freda Payne
SALSWING! - Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta

OUTSTANDING SOUL/R&B SONG
"Pick Up Your Feelings" - Jazmine Sullivan (RCA Records) - Winners

"Damage" - H.E.R.
"Be Alive" - Beyoncé
"Have Mercy" - Chlöe
"Leave The Door Open" - Silk Sonic

OUTSTANDING HIP HOP/RAP SONG
"Fye Fye" - Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fat Nwigwe (TOBE Nwigwe LLC) - Winner

"Best Friend" - Saweetie feat. Doja Cat
"Industry Baby" - Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow
"My Life" - J. Cole feat. 21 Savage and Morray
"Way 2 Sexy" - Drake

OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (Traditional)|
Silk Sonic - "Leave the Door Open" (Atlantic/Aftermath) – Winner

Anthony Hamilton feat. Jennifer Hudson - "Superstar"
Chlöe x Halle - "Georgia On My Mind"
Jazmine Sullivan feat. H.E.R. - "Girl Like Me"
Leela James feat. Anthony Hamilton - "Complicated (Remix)"

OUTSTANDING DUO, GROUP OR COLLABORATION (Contemporary)
Tobe Nwigwe feat. Fat Nwigwe - "Fye Fye" (Tobe Nwigwe LLC) - Winner

Chris Brown feat. Young Thug, Future, Lil Durk and Latto - "Go Crazy (Remix)"
Doja Cat feat. SZA - "Kiss Me More"
Drake feat. Future & Young Thug - "Way 2 Sexy"
H.E.R. feat. Chris Brown - "Come Through"

DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY (Film)
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power (Greenwich Entertainment) - Winner

Attica
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Tina

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY (Television)
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (Netflix) - Winner

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

Insecure Documentary

WRITING CATEGORIES

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES
Issa Rae – Insecure -"Everything's Gonna Be, Okay?!" (HBO) - Winner

Ashley Nicole Black - Ted Lasso - "Do the Right-est Thing"
Leann Bowen - Ted Lasso - "Lavender"
Maya Erskine – Pen15 - "Blue in Green"
Temi Wilkey - Sex Education - "Episode #3.6"

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES
Davita Scarlett -The Good Fight (Paramount+) - Winner
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And the Firm Had Two Partners…
Aurin Squire – Evil - "C Is For Cop""
Malcolm Spellman - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - "New World Order"
Nkechi Okoro Carroll - All American - "Homecoming"
Steven Canals, Janet Mock, Our Lady J, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy – Pose - "Series Finale"

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Abdul Williams – Salt-N-Pepa (Lifetime Movie Network) – Winner

Mario Miscione, Marcella Ochoa - Madres
Monique N. Matthew - A Holiday In Harlem
Sameer Gardezi - Hot Mess Holiday
Sherman Payne - Black As Night

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A MOTION PICTURE
Shaka King, Will Berson, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas - Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures) – Winner

Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris - Zola
Jeymes Samuel, Boaz Yakin - The Harder They Fall
Virgil Williams - A Journal for Jordan
Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele - Candyman

DIRECTING CATEGORIES
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES
Bashir Salahuddin, Diallo Riddle - South Side – "Tornado" (208) - Winner

Melina Matsoukas – Insecure - "Reunited, Okay?!"
Neema Barnette – Harlem - "Once Upon A Time in Harlem"
Prentice Penny – Insecure - "Everything's Gonna Be, Okay?!"
Tiffany Johnson - Black Monday - "Eight!"

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES
Barry Jenkins - The Underground Railroad – (Amazon Studios) - Winner

Anthony Hemingway - Genius: Aretha "Respect"
Carl Seaton – Snowfall - "Fight or Flight"
Carl Seaton - Godfather of Harlem - "The Bonanno Split"
Hanelle Culpepper - True Story - "Like Cain Did Abel"

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR SPECIAL
Kenny Leon - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime) – Winner

Jaffar Mahmood - Hot Mess Holiday
Mario Van Peebles - Salt-N-Pepa
Maritte Lee Go - Black As Night
Veronica Rodriguez - Let's Get Merried

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A MOTION PICTURE|
Shaka King - Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures) - Winner

Denzel Washington - A Journal for Jordan
Jeymes Samuel - The Harder They Fall
Lin-Manuel Miranda - tick tick...BOOM!
Reinaldo Marcus Green - King Richard

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DOCUMENTARY (Television or Motion Picture)
Andre Gaines - The One and Only Dick Gregory
Dawn Porter - Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Sam Pollard - MLK/FBI
Samantha Knowles, Yoruba Richen, Geeta Gandbhir, Nadia Hallgren - Black and Missing
Spike Lee - NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½

LITERARY CATEGORIES
OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - Fiction
Long Division - Kiese Laymon - Winner

Harlem Shuffle - Colson Whitehead
Libertie - Kaitlyn Greenidge
The Man Who Lived Underground - Richard Wright
The Perishing - Natashia Deón

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - Nonfiction
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story - Nikole Hannah-Jones (Penguin Random House) - Winner

Dance Theatre of Harlem - Judy Tyrus, Paul Novosel
Just As I Am - Cicely Tyson
My Remarkable Journey - Katherine Johnson
Renegades: Born in the USA - Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - Debut Author
Just As I Am - Cicely Tyson (Amistad) – Winner

My Remarkable Journey - Katherine Johnson
Other Black Girl: A Novel - Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts - Rebecca Hal

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - Biography/Autobiography
Will- Will Smith – (Penguin Random House) - Winner

Just As I Am - Cicely Tyson
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement- Tarana Burke
Unprotected: A Memoir - Billy Porter
Until I Am Free - Keisha Blain

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - Instructional
Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business) - Tabitha Brown (HarperCollins Publishers) - Winner

Diversity Is Not Enough: A Roadmap to Recruit, Develop and Promote Black Leaders in America - Keith Wyche
Permission to Dream - Chris Gardner
Teaching Black History to White People - Leonard N. Moore
The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations - Robert Livingston

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - Poetry
Perfect Black - Crystal Wilkinson – ( University Press of Kentucky) - Winner

Playlist for the Apocalypse - Rita Dove
Such Color: New and Selected Poems - Tracy K. Smith
The Wild Fox of Yemen - Threa Almontaser
What Water Knows: Poems - Jacqueline Jones LaMon

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - Children
Stacey’s Extraordinary Words - Stacey Abrams, Kitt (HarperCollins) - Winner

OUTSTBlack Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy - Misty Copeland
Change Sings - Amanda Gorman, Loren Long
Time for Bed, Old House - Janet Costa Bates, A.G. Ford
When Langston Dances - Kaija Langley, Keith Mallett

OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - Youth/Teens
Ace of Spades - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé – (Feiwel & Friends/Macmillian) - Winner

Happily Ever Afters - Elise Bryant
The Cost of Knowing - Brittney Morris
When You Look Like Us - Pamela N. Harris
Wings of Ebony - J. Elle

PODCAST CATEGORIES
OUTSTANDING NEWS AND INFORMATION PODCAST
Blindspot: Tulsa Burning - Winner

#SundayCivics
After the Uprising: The Death of Danyé Dion Jones
Into America
Un(re)solved

OUTSTANDING LIFESTYLE/SELF-HELP PODCAST
Two Funny Mamas: Sherri Shepherd & Kym Whitley – Winner

Checking In with Michelle Williams
The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema
The SonRise Project Podcast
Under Construction w/ Tamar Braxton

OUTSTANDING SOCIETY AND CULTURE PODCAST
Jemele Hill is Unbothered - Winner

Beyond the Scenes - The Daily Show
Professional Troublemaker
Questlove Supreme
Super Soul Podcast

OUTSTANDING ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST
Jemele Hill is Unbothered - Winner

Club Shay Shay podcast with Shannon Sharpe
Questlove Supreme
Reasonably Shady
The History of Sketch Comedy with Keegan-Michael Key

SOCIAL MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
@Euniquejg - Eunique Jones GIbson
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2022 Nominees for THE 94TH ACADEMY AWARDS

The Oscars will take place On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood & Highland Center

All of the nominated films were released in 2021

Oscars Marquee. Photo: Yevette Renee

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES
Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield in Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Will Smith in King Richard
Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES
Ciarán Hinds in Belfast
Troy Kotsur in CODA
Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons in Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES
Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter
Penėlope Cruz in Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart in Spencer

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES
Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter
Ariana Debose in West Side Story
Judi Dench in Belfast
Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis in King Richard

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
Encanto - Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
FLEE - Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Luca - Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
The Mitchell vs. The Machines - Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
Raya and the Last Dragon - Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho

CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINEES
Dune - Greig Fraser
Nightmare Alley - Dan Laustsen
The Power of the Dog - Ari Wegner
The Tragedy of Macbeth - Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story - Janusz Kaminski

COSTUME DESIGN NOMINEES
Cruella - Jenny Beavan
Cyrano - Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
Dune - Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
Nightmare Alley - Luis Sequeira
West Side Story - Paul Tazewell

DIRECTING NOMINEES
Belfast - Kenneth Branagh
Drive My Car - Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion
West Side Story - Steven Spielberg

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE NOMINEES
Ascension - Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
Attica - Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
Flee - Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Summer of Soul (… or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised ) - Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
Writing with Fire - Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT NOMINEES
Audible - Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean
Lead Me Home - Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
The Queen of Basketball - Ben Proudfoot
Three Songs for Benazir - Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
When We Were Bullies - Jay Rosenblatt

FILM EDITING NOMINEES
Don’t Look Up - Hank Corwin
Dune - Joe Walker
King Richard - Pamela Martin
The Power of the Dog - Peter Sciberras
Tick, Tick... Boom! - Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
Drive My Car - Japan
Flee - Denmark
The Hand of God - Italy
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom - Bhutan
The Worst Person in the World - Norway

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING NOMINEES
Coming 2 America - Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
Cruella - Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
Dune - Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr The Eyes of Tammy Faye - Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
House of Gucci - Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

MUSIC ORIGINAL SCORE NOMINEES
Don’t Look Up - Nicholas Britell
Dune - Hans Zimmer
Ecanto - Germaine Franco
Parallel Mothers - Alberto Iglesias
The Power of the Dog - Jonny Greenwood

MUSIC ORIGINAL SONG NOMINEES
Be Alive - from King Richard; Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Dos Oruguitas - from Encanto; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Down to Joy - from Belfast; Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
No Time to Die - from No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
Somehow You Do - from Four Good Days; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

BEST PICTURE NOMINEES
Belfast - Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
Coda - Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
Don’t Look Up - Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
Drive My Car - Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
Dune - Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
King Richard - Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers
Licorice Pizza - Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
Nightmare Alley - Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
West Side Story - Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

PRODUCTION DESIGN NOMINEES
Dune - Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
Nightmare Alley - Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
The Power of the Dog - Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
The Tragedy of Macbeth - Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
West Side Story - Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

SHORT FILM - ANIMATED NOMINEES
Affairs of the Art - Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
BESTIA - Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
Affairs of the Art - Anton Dyakov BoxBallet
Robin Robin - Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
The Windshield Wiper - Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez

SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION NOMINEES

Ala Kachuu -Take and Run - Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
The Dress - Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki
The Long Goodbye - Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
On My Mind - Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
Please Hold - K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse

SOUND NOMINEES
Belfast - Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
Dune - Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
No Time to Die - Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
The Power of the Dog - Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
West Side Story - Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

VISUAL EFFECTS NOMINEES
Dune - Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
Free Guy - Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
No Time to Die - Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
Spider-Man: No Way Home - Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY NOMINEES
Coda - Screenplay by Siân Heder
Drive My Car - Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
Dune - Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
The Lost Daughter - Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power of the Dog - Written by Jane Campion

WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY NOMINEES
Belfast - Written by Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up - Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
King Richard - Written by Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza - Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Worst Person in the World - Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Caged Birds

Caged Birds (PAFF 2021)
Narrative/US/87min/2021
Director: Fredrick Leach

Jordan Lucas is an affluent, Black high school senior counting down the days until college. He’s constantly bullied and lacks the confidence to stand up for himself. When his prideful cousin, EJ, is humiliated by a white bully, Blake, he recruits Jordan and Kevonte, a bussed-in student from the other side of the tracks, to play a robbery prank on Blake. When the prank goes bad, the three boys struggle to avoid being caught. In the process, they are each forced to confront the personal demons that come with being Black in the suburbs. Best First Feature Director-Narrative, PAFF 2021

Bigman Wahala

Bigman Wahala (PAFF 2020)
Narrative/Ghana/101min/2019
Director: Daniel Adjokatcher

A corrupt government minister tries to escape the military in the aftermath of a coup d’etat. He enlists the help of a poor struggling taxi driver to take him to the border. Their conversations and encounters during their journey reveal much about themselves and the events leading up to that point. A road movie like no other. Stars Oscar Provencal, one of Ghana’s finest actors. Nominee, Best First Feature, PAFF 2020

Agents of Change

Agents of Change (PAFF 2016)
Documentary/US/64min/2016
Director: Abby Ginzberg & Frank Dawson

The images still hold a charge: graphic footage of student demonstrators at San Francisco State in 1968 being beaten and arrested by police and the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo the following year of black students with rifles emerging from the Cornell University student union building they had briefly occupied. These images are the entry points to a powerful but little-known civil rights story: the struggle that erupted for more inclusive and meaningful higher education across America at the end of a tumultuous decade. The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision mandated the integration of American schools “with all deliberate speed.” It wasn’t until the late 1960s that a critical mass of African American students began entering the nation’s colleges and universities. Agents of Change tells the story of what they encountered, how they responded, and the continuing impact of the dramatic confrontations that followed. Instead of being accepted as they were, incoming Black students were expected to shed their identities and assimilate mentally as well as socially into ‘lily white’ college campuses. Many students dealt with racial slurs, taunts, and threats from faculty as well as from other students. Denied facilities and services provided to white classmates, they were often the recipients of unfair campus judicial proceedings. But they refused to take these provocations lying down. They organized, protested, negotiated, and transformed their schools. Agents of Change introduces a cast of largely unrecognized but remarkable characters, whose commitment to justice and equality paved the way for the opportunities that followed, while also reminding viewers about the work yet to be done to achieve full equity and dignity on campus and in society. How is it that so much and so little has changed? This film helps answer that question.

Sponsored by Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center
PAFF 2016 Best Documentary
PAFF 2016 Audience Award-Documentary

Ancestral Voices: Esoteric African Knowledge

Ancestral Voices: Esoteric African Knowledge (PAFF 2012)
Documentary/UK/73min/2011
Director: Dalian Adofo & Verona Spence

An enlightening documentary that examines the significant correlations between beliefs in “mainstream” religions and African spiritual practices which are widely stigmatized under labels such as juju, obeah, voodoo, and witchcraft. The question is raised: why in light of the many similarities in fundamental beliefs are African spiritual systems viewed negatively whereas modern religions are not? Nominee, Best Documentary, PAFF 2012

THOSE WHO WALK AWAY Screening in U.S. Theaters and Available on VOD Friday, February 11, 2022

Directed by: Robert Rippberger
Written by: Robert Rippberger and Spencer Moleda
Starring: Booboo Stewart and Scarlett Sperduto
Run time: 1 hour 34 minutes
Rating: Not Yet Rated
Genre: Horror/Thriller

After Max and Avery meet on a social media app for a first date, their evening takes a perilous turn when they end up at a local haunted house, the home of ‘Rotcreep’, a sinister creature that rots your body and soul with one touch. As the night turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse, Max and Avery begin to realize the trauma they share may either save them or erupt into an unforgettable nightmare.

Written and directed by Robert Rippberger, THOSE WHO WALK AWAY is loosely inspired by the Ursula Le Guin short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”. Filmed in a series of long continuous takes, Rippberger perfectly captures the eerie and bloodcurdling moral predicament of living high while others suffer.

THOSE WHO WALK AWAY: Photo First Date

Rippberger’s films have premiered at SXSW and the Palm Springs International Film Festival, winning Best of Fest. They’ve screened at Parliament to Britain’s House of Lords, to senior members of the United Nations, and have been championed by Angelina Jolie.

THOSE WHO WALK AWAY will be releasing in U.S. theaters and Available on VOD beginning Friday, February 11, 2022.

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THOSE WHO WALK AWAY is directed by Robert Rippberger. Written by Rippberger and Spencer Moleda. Produced by KT Kent and Rippberger. Co-produced by Sandeep Sekhar. Executive Produced by Jeremy Walton, David Lyons, Todd Lundbohm, Mark Andrews, Eric Eppinger, Ge Gru, Stephanie Denton, Jay Burnley, Chelsea Tieu, Gaurav Bhatnagar, and Jarnell Stokes. Cinematography by Diego Cordero. Edited by Gabriel Cullen. Music by Dmitrii Miachin. Financing provided by 828 Media Capital. An SIE Films, Argentic Production. In Association with Sandeep Sekhar Films and Slated.

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“Along Came Wanda” Buffalo 8 wide release timed for February 14th, 2021 across North America on all TVOD and Digital platforms of the Three Women in a Box production

“Along Came Wanda” written & directed by San Francisco native prolific writer, producer and now director Jan Miller Corran
(her last film “Snapshots," won countless awards – 35 awards, and received incredible to response from audiences & critics d
uring both its theatrical release and TVOD/Digital release).
“Along Came Wanda,” Jan’s directorial debut shot in Los Angeles has already begun garnering festival laurels and awards and was made during Covid-19 adhering closely to all guild/industry guidelines.

Along Came Wanda” is an artful journey of self-discovery as love blooms from friendship. A stylist cinematic sibling in many ways to “Eat, Pray, Love” and “Imagine Me & You” this moving Lesbian love story is honest and genuine without needing to sell on sex, instead offering a beautiful, meaningful film for global audiences. “Along Came Wanda” emphasizes the true meaning of life and it’s often overwhelming lessons we must all know and learn. Through her journey, our central character displays resilience, humor (in moments artfully breaking the fourth wall to invite audiences into her dilemma’s) and strength as she moves through doubt, fear, loss, and uncertainty.

“Along Came Wanda” stars Constance Brenneman (“Alias,” “Batgirl Rises”), Cathy DeBuono (“And Then Came Lola,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”), Max Adler (“Glee,” “Love and Honor”), Isabella Hofmann (“Burlesque,” “The Flash”), Monica Young (“Modern Family,” Community”), Rich Ceraulo Ko (“Tenet,” “The Walking Dead”), Roberta Hanlen (“NCIS,” “Honey, I Blew Up the Kid”), Hank Matusek (“How ‘Bout a Cuppa Tea”), Carly Frintner (Operation Gratitude”), and Adam Huss (“Power,” “The Bold & The Beautiful”).

“Along Came Wanda” Synopsis
For many months, delivery person Wanda has been dropping off packages to Mary Beth Higgins during which they have developed a close friendship. With Mary Beth's divorce almost final, Wanda suggests a road trip in her RV which doubles as a Soup food truck. Hesitant at first, Mary Beth gives in and the journey begins. Along the way, Wanda takes Mary Beth to two notable destinations- one a spiritual retreat and the other a camping adventure complete with the famous psychic Davina Moonbeam. Throughout, both women are learning about life and each other. By the end of this journey, unexpected love for each other has arrived for both of them.

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30TH PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL POSTPONED TO APRIL 19

Festival receives praise from Supervisor Holly Mitchell for ‘leading by example’

PAFF is L.A.’s largest Black History Month event and nation’s largest Black film festival

LOS ANGELES — Due to the current rise of COVID cases in Los Angeles County, the Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF) has announced that the festival will not take place February 8-21 as anticipated. The nation’s largest and most prestigious Black film festival is exploring options to reschedule its 30th annual celebration for later in the year April 19 through May 1 in Los Angeles at its flagship venues the Directors Guild of America, Cinemark Baldwin Hills and XD and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.

In addition, over the course of the coming weeks, the PAFF will explore other ways to engage the community including hosting a virtual PAFF online experience to celebrate Black History Month. The PAFF remains committed to doing its part to help protect its staff, exhibitors, attendees, and filmmakers.

“The decision to postpone this year’s PAFF did not come easy because we were looking forward to celebrating our 30th anniversary in-person with our community,” said Ayuko Babu, PAFF Executive Director. “But we could not in good conscious put the PAFF community in harm’s way. Our primary concern is always the responsibility we feel towards our staff, artists, audience, and filmmakers who travel to Los Angeles from around the world, and for whom without them, there is no PAFF. We remain committed to the city of Los Angeles, where we’ve hosted the Pan African Film and Arts Festival for 30 years and will do so again when it is safe.”

PAFF 2022 Celebrity Ambassador and festival co-founder actor Danny Glover (The Color Purple, Lethal Weapon) said, “It’s been over 30 years since we first traveled to FESPACO in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and were inspired to replicate their celebration and promotion of Black films and Black filmmakers here in America. We want to celebrate 30 years of connecting the Pan African Film Festival audience with the broader African diaspora through film and art and have made the decision to postpone the festival until it’s safe to do that in-person.”

Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell added, “I commend the Pan African Film and Arts Festival for leading by example in protecting our community. The cultural significance, artistic contributions, and fellowship that PAFF offers can never be stopped. I look forward to PAFF safely commemorating 30 Years in the Second Supervisorial District.”

"For 30 years, the Pan African Film Festival rolled out the red carpet to center our stories and filmmakers. And now, during the surge of the latest variant, I applaud their decision to center the community's health and well-being by postponing the film festival to a later date," said Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson. "I'm looking forward to celebrating their 30-year milestone when it is safer for everyone."

The 30th annual PAFF will feature over 150 new high-quality Black films from the U.S., Africa, the Caribbean, South America, Europe, the South Pacific, Canada, and increasingly, Asia. In addition, the PAFF will present over 100 fine artists and unique craftspeople from over 40 countries and six continents in a showcase of Pan African cultures.

The PAFF is an Oscar-qualifying festival for animation and live-action films.

About the Pan African Film Festival

Established in 1992 by Hollywood veterans Danny Glover (The Color Purple, Lethal Weapon), the late Ja’Net DuBois (“Good Times”), and Ayuko Babu (Executive Director), the Pan African Film Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has remained dedicated to the promotion of Black stories and images through the exhibition of film, visual art, and other creative expression.

PAFF is the largest and most prestigious Black film festival in the U.S. and attracts local, national, and international audiences. It is also one of America’s largest Black History Month events.

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The PAFF is generously supported by the City of Los Angeles, the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles County Arts and Culture, Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, Los Angeles Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Los Angeles Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas.

For more information, please contact press@paff.org.