Black Reel Awards of 2005

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.

6th Black Reel Awards
Date	February 19, 2005
Location	Washington, D.C.

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 (HBO) – Robert W. Cort and Eric Hetzel Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (HBO) – Jonathan Demme and Joe Viola Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) – Sue Bugden and Rudy Langlais	Vondie Curtis-Hall – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) Lisa Gay Hamilton – Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (HBO) Joseph Sargent – Something the Lord Made (HBO)
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 (FX) Mos Def – Something the Lord Made (HBO) Roger Guenveur Smith – Justice (Starz)	Lynn Whitfield – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) Monica Calhoun – Justice (Starz) Anna Marie Horsford – Justice (Starz)
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 (HBO) Reg E. Cathey – Everyday People (HBO) Stephen McKinley Henderson – Everyday People (HBO)	C. C. H. Pounder – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) Iris Little-Thomas – Everyday People (HBO) Gabrielle Union – Something the Lord Made (HBO)
Outstanding Screenplay in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Original Television Program
J.T. Allen – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (FX) Lisa Gay Hamilton – Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (HBO) Jim McKay – Everyday People (HBO)	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