The nominees for the upcoming 2017 Oscars has just been released! Every year it is fun to see who is receiving well-deserved praise for their talents on the big screen. Presently, several amazing films immediately pop up as needing a nomination. However, the question is did they get one? We have done all the hard work so all you have to do is kick back and scroll. Therefore enjoy loves here is the Black Hollywood 2017 Oscars Nominations.
Black Hollywood 2017 Oscars Nominations
Actor in a Leading Role
Denzel Washington Fences
Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali Moonlight
Actress in a Leading Role
Ruth Negga Loving
Actress in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis Fences
Naomie Harris Moonlight
Octavia Spencer Hidden Fences (we mean Figures! wink, wink. Also, if you haven’t seen it go see it!)
Cinematography
James Laxton Moonlight
Directing
Barry Jenkins Moonlight
Documentary (Feature)
13th
Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish
Film Editing
Moonlight
Nat Sanders and Joi McMillion
Music (Original Score)
Moonlight
Nicholas Britell
Black Hollywood 2017 Oscars Nominations – Whew!
Anyone need a break? Need a snack or need to get back to work for a second (LOL)? If the nominations stopped with the above there would still be plenty to be proud about. However, Did you catch that THREE black actresses were nominated in one category! Furthermore, Moonlight seems to be racking up the noms. Also, longtime screen giant, Denzel Washington is once again on the radar as a leading man. Honestly, there is nothing negative to say people!
We’ve come a long way from being nominated only for slave films. Moreover, all of this proves that everyone is ready and wants to continue to see better stories as well as narratives. Roles that black actors and actresses can really be proud of as well as sink their teeth into and perform exquisitely.
Therefore, thank you to all of the hard working black Tinseltown movers and shakers who helped pave a different path. As a result we see before us 24 categories with several nominations in 12 of them. That’s called progression. Here’s the rest of the nominations:
Best Picture
Fences
Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers
Hidden Figures
Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers
Moonlight
Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
Visual Effects
The Jungle Book
Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Fences
Screenplay by Eric Heisserer
Hidden Figures
Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
Moonlight
Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
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