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Black Reel Award for Outstanding Documentary Feature
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awardedBlack Reel Awards of 2010
Most recent winnerAhmir "Questlove" Thompson
Summer of Soul (Black Reel Awards of 2022)
Websiteblackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Documentary. This award is given to the directors and was first awarded during the 2010 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

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Year Film Director Ref
2010
Good Hair Jeff Stilson [1]
Michael Jackson's This Is It Kenny Ortega
More than a Game Kristopher Belman
Passing Strange Spike Lee
Tyson James Toback
2011
Waiting for "Superman" Lesley Chilcott [2]
The Lottery Madeleine Sackler
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy Robert Townsend
My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip Hop Ava DuVernay
2012
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest Michael Rapaport [3]
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Constance Marks
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Göran Olsson
The Interrupters Steve James
Undefeated Daniel Lindsay and T. J. Martin
2013
The Central Park Five Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon [4]
Bad 25 Spike Lee
Brooklyn Castle Katie Dallamaggiore
Marley Kevin MacDonald
Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul
2014
20 Feet from Stardom Morgan Neville [5]
Free Angela and all Political Prisoners Shola Lynch
God Loves Uganda Roger Ross Williams
The Trials of Muhammad Ali Bill Siegel
Venus and Serena Maiken Baird and Michelle Major
2015
Anita: Speaking Truth to the Power Freida Lee Mock [6]
I Am Ali Clare Lewins
Keep On Keepin' On Alan Hicks
Nas: Time Is Illmatic One9
Virunga Orlando von Einsiedel
2016
What Happened, Miss Simone? Liz Garbus [7]
A Ballerina's Tale Nelson George
The Amazing Nina Simone Jeff L. Lieberman
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Stanley Nelson Jr.
Sweet Micky for President Ben Patterson
2017
13th Ava DuVernay [8]
I Am Not Your Negro Raoul Peck
Life, Animated Roger Ross Williams
Miss Sharon Jones! Barbara Kopple
O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman
2018
Step Amanda Lipitz [9]
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary John Scheinfeld
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 John Ridley
Strong Island Yance Ford
Whose Streets? Sabaah Folayan & Damon Davis
2019
Quincy Rashida Jones & Alan Hicks [10]
Amazing Grace Sydney Pollack
Hale County This Morning, This Evening RaMell Ross
Minding the Gap Bing Liu
Whitney Kevin Macdonald

2020s

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Year Film Director Ref
2020
The Black Godfather Reginald Hudlin [11]
The Apollo Roger Ross Williams
Knock Down the House Rachel Lears
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Stanley Nelson Jr.
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
2021
Time Garrett Bradley [12]
All In: The Fight for Democracy Liz Garbus & Lisa Cortes
John Lewis: Good Trouble Dawn Porter
MLK/FBI Sam Pollard
The Way I See It Dawn Porter
2022
Ailey Jamila Wingot [13]
Citizen Ashe Rex Miller & Sam Pollard
My Name is Pauli Murray Betsy West & Julie Cohen
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It Mariem Perez Riera
Summer of Soul Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

Multiple nominations and wins

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Multiple nominations

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References

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  1. ^ 2010 Black Reel Awards
  2. ^ 2011 Black Reel Awards
  3. ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
  4. ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards – Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  6. ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
  7. ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
  8. ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards
  9. ^ 2018 Black Reel Awards
  10. ^ 2019 Black Reel Awards
  11. ^ 2020 Black Reel Awards
  12. ^ "A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  13. ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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