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It is time for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards, and this year the competition is fierce. Surprisingly shows like Bridgerton and Love Craft Country are already up for nominations, with additional shows like Black-ish in the running again. 

Just last year, Rihanna accepted the President’s Award, and everyone is anticipating who will receive the award this year. We expect a homage to 2020 because of the Black Lives Matter movement and a tribute to the late Cicely Tyson. 

The awards show will take place on BET and other Viacom CBS Networks next month on March 27, at 8 p.m. EST. There’s still time to vote on who you want to win, we have the list of this year’s nominees: 

SPECIAL AWARDS 

Social Justice Impact 

April Ryan 

Debbie Allen

Lebron James 

Stacey Abrams 

Tamika Mallory 

Entertainer of the Year 

D-Nice 

Regina King 

Viola Davis 

Trevor Noah 

Tyler Perry 

TELEVISION/ STREAMING 

Outstanding Comedy Series 

#blackAF (Netflix) 

Black-ish (ABC) 

Grown-ish (Freeform) 

Insecure (HBO) 

The Last O.G. (TBS) 

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Anderson – Black-ish (ABC) 

Cedric The Entertainer – The Neighborhood (CBS) Don Cheadle – Black Monday (Showtime) Idris Elba – In the Long Run (Starz) 

Tracy Morgan – The Last O.G. (TBS) 

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO) 

Folake Olowofoyeku – Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS) Regina Hall – Black Monday (Showtime) Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish (ABC) 

Yara Shahidi – Grown-ish (Freeform) 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC) Deon Cole – Black-ish (ABC) 

Jay Ellis – Insecure (HBO) 

Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live (NBC) Laurence Fishburne – Black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Jenifer Lewis – Black-ish (ABC) 

Marsai Martin – Black-ish (ABC) 

Natasha Rothwell – Insecure (HBO) 

Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood (CBS) 

Yvonne Orji – Insecure (HBO) 

Outstanding Drama Series 

All Rise (CBS) 

Bridgerton (Netflix) 

Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

Power Book II: Ghost (Starz) 

This Is Us (NBC) 

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series 

Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

Keith David – Greenleaf (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Nicco Annan – P-Valley (Starz) 

Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton (Netflix) 

Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC) 

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series 

Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 (FOX) 

Brandee Evans – P-Valley (Starz) 

Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

Simone Missick – All Rise (CBS) 

Viola Davis – How To Get Away With Murder (ABC) 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Clifford “Method Man” Smith – Power Book II: Ghost (Starz) Delroy Lindo – The Good Fight (CBS All Access) Alphonse Nicholson – P-Valley (Starz) 

Jeffrey Wright – Westworld (HBO) 

Michael Kenneth Williams – Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Adjoa Andoh – Bridgerton (Netflix) 

Aunjanue Ellis – Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

Lynn Whitfield – Greenleaf (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Mary J. Blige – Power Book II: Ghost (Starz)

Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us (NBC) 

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special Hamilton (Disney+) 

Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) 

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (Netflix) 

Sylvie’s Love (Amazon Studios) 

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (Lifetime) 

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special Blair Underwood – Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (Netflix) Chris Rock – Fargo (FX) 

Daveed Diggs – Hamilton (Disney+) 

Leslie Odom, Jr. – Hamilton (Disney+) 

Nnamdi Asomugha – Sylvie’s Love (Amazon Studios) 

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited–Series or Dramatic Special Aunjanue Ellis – The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (Lifetime) Kerry Washington – Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) 

Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You (HBO) 

Octavia Spencer – Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker(Netflix) Tessa Thompson – Sylvie’s Love (Amazon Studios) 

Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition or Game Show (Series) Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) 

Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) 

Shark Tank (ABC) 

United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (CNN) 

Voices of Fire (Netflix) 

Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special) 

AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special (MSNBC) 

Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview (Showtime) 

The Color of Covid (CNN) 

The New York Times Presents “The Killing of Breonna Taylor” (FX) The Reidout (NBC) 

Outstanding Host in a Talk or News/Information (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble

Don Lemon – CNN Tonight with Don Lemon (CNN) 

Jada Pinkett Smith – Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch) 

Joy Reid – The Reidout (NBC) 

LeBron James – The Shop: Uninterrupted (HBO) 

Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) 

Outstanding Variety Show (Series or Special) 

8:46 (Netflix) 

Black Is King (Disney+) 

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion (HBO Max) 

VERZUZ (APPLE TV) 

Yvonne Orji: Momma I Made It! (HBO) 

Outstanding Talk Series 

Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch) 

Tamron Hall (Syndicated ) 

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) 

The Oprah Conversation (Apple TV+) 

The Shop: Uninterrupted (HBO) 

Outstanding Children’s Program 

Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices (Netflix) 

Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Network) 

Family Reunion (Netflix) 

Raven’s Home (Disney Channel) 

We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical (HBO) 

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited–Series) Alex R. Hibbert – The Chi (Showtime) 

Lexi Underwood – Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu) 

Lyric Ross – This Is Us (NBC) 

Marsai Martin – Black-ish (ABC) 

Miles Brown – Black-ish (ABC) 

Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble 

Alfonso Ribeiro – America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC) 

Iyanla Vanzant – Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) 

Steve Harvey – Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) 

Kamau Bell – United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell (CNN)

RuPaul – RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) 

Outstanding Guest Performance – Comedy or Drama Series Chris Rock – Saturday Night Live (NBC) 

Courtney B. Vance – Lovecraft Country (HBO) 

Dave Chappelle – Saturday Night Live (NBC) 

Issa Rae – Saturday Night Live (NBC) 

Loretta Devine – P-Valley (Starz) 

Outstanding Animated Series 

Big Mouth (Netflix) 

Central Park (Apple TV+) 

Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior) 

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix) 

Star Trek: Lower Decks (CBS All Access) 

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television) Aisha Tyler – Archer (FX) 

Courtney B. Vance – Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story (PBS) Dawnn Lewis – Star Trek: Lower Decks (CBS All Access) 

Deon Cole – Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Netflix) 

Laya DeLeon Hayes – Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior) 

Outstanding Short Form Series – Comedy or Drama 

#FreeRayshawn (Quibi) 

CripTales (BBC America) 

Lazor Wulf (Adult Swim) 

Mapleworth Murders (Quibi) 

Sincerely, Camille (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) 

Outstanding Performance in a Short Form Series 

Giancarlo Esposito – The Broken and the Bad (AMC.com ) 

J.B. Smoove – Mapleworth Murders (Quibi) 

Jasmine Cephas Jones – #FreeRayshawn (Quibi) 

Laurence Fishburne – #FreeRayshawn (Quibi) 

Stephan James – #FreeRayshawn (Quibi) 

Outstanding Short Form Series – Reality/Nonfiction 

American Masters – Unladylike2020 (PBS) 

Benedict Men (Quibi)

Between The Scenes – The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 

In The Making (PBS) 

Inspire Change Series (NFL Network) 

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television) 

Katori Hall – P-Valley (Starz) 

Keith Knight – Woke (Hulu) 

Ramy Youssef – Ramy (Hulu) 

Raynelle Swilling – Cherish the Day (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) Teri Schaffer – Cherish the Day (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) 

MUSIC 

Outstanding New Artist 

Chika – High Rises (Warner Records) 

Doja Cat – Say So (RCA Records/Kemosabe ) 

D Smoke – Black Habits (WoodWorks Records / EMPIRE) 

Giveon – When It’s All Said And Done (Epic Records) 

Skip Marley – Higher Place (Island Records/ Tuff Gong Records) 

Outstanding Male Artist 

Big Sean – Detroit 2 (Def Jam Recordings/G.O.O.D Music) 

Black Thought – Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able (Republic Records) Charlie Wilson – All of My Love (P Music Group/BMG) 

Drake – Laugh Now, Cry Later (Republic Records) 

John Legend – Bigger Love (Columbia Records) 

Outstanding Female Artist 

Beyoncé – Black Parade (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) 

E.R. – I Can’t Breathe (RCA Records/MBK Entertainment) 

Jazmine Sullivan – Lost One (RCA Records) 

Ledisi – Anything For You (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG) 

Alicia Keys – Alicia (RCA Records) 

Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album 

I Can’t Breathe – H.E.R. (RCA Records/MBK Entertainment) 

Anything For You – Ledisi (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG) 

Black is King – Beyonce´ (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) 

Brown Skin Girl – Beyonce’ feat WizKid, SAINt JHN, Blu Ivy Carter (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) 

Do It – Chloe x Halle (Columbia Record/ Parkwood)

Outstanding Album 

Alicia – Alicia Keys (RCA Records) 

b7 – Brandy (Brand Nu/eOne) 

Bigger Love – John Legend (Columbia Records) 

Chilombo – Jhené Aiko (Def Jam Recordings) 

The Wild Card – LEDISI (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG) 

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album 

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Music from the Netflix Film) – Branford Marsalis (Milan) Insecure: Music from the HBO Original Series – Various Artists (Atlantic Records) Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey – Various Artists (Atlantic Records ) Soul Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste and Tom MacDougall (Walt Disney Records) 

The First Ladies of Gospel: The Clark Sisters Biopic Soundtrack – Donald Lawrence (Relevé Entertainment) 

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album 

Chosen Vessel – Marvin Sapp (RCA Inspiration) 

Gospel According to PJ – PJ Morton (Morton Inspiration / Tyscot Records) I Am – Koryn Hawthorne (RCA Inspiration) 

Kierra – Kierra Sheard (Karew/RCA Inspiration) 

The Return – The Clark Sisters (Karew/Motown) 

Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song 

“All in His Plan” – PJ Morton (Morton Inspiration / Tyscot Records) 

“Never Lost” – CeCe Winans (Pure Springs Gospel) 

“Something Has To Break” – Kierra Sheard feat. Tasha Cobbs-Leonard (Karew/RCA Inspiration) 

“Strong God” – Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA Records) 

“Touch from You” – Tamela Mann (TillyMann Inc.) 

Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental 

Be Water – Christian Sands (Mack Avenue Music Group) 

Music From and Inspired By Soul – Jon Batiste (Walt Disney Records) Omega – Immanuel Wilkins (Blue Note Records) 

Reciprocity – George Burton (Inner Circle Music) 

The Iconoclast – Barry Stephenson (Independent) 

Outstanding Jazz Album – Vocal

Donny Duke and Wonder – Nathan Mitchell (ENM Music Group) 

Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper – Somi (Salon Africana) 

Pulling Off The Covers – Mike Phillips (Sono Recording Group) 

Stronger – Jeff Bradshaw (Bone Deep Enterprises) 

The Eddy (From The Netflix Original Series) – The Eddy (Arista Records) 

Outstanding Soul/R&B Song 

“I Can’t Breathe” – H.E.R. (RCA Records/MBK Entertainment) 

“Anything For You” – LEDISI (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG) 

“S. feat. H.E.R” – Jhené Aiko (Def Jam Recordings) 

“Black Parade” – Beyonce’ (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) 

“Do It” – Chloe x Halle (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) 

Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song 

“Deep Reverence feat. Nipsey Hussle” – Big Sean (Brand Nu/eOne) 

“Savage Remix” – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé (300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. LLC) 

“Cool Off” – Missy Elliott (Atlantic Records) 

“Laugh Now, Cry Later” – Drake (Republic Records) 

“Life Is Good” – Future & Drake (Epic Records) 

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration-Traditional 

Alicia Keys feat. Jill Scott – Jill Scott (RCA Records) 

Chloe x Halle – Wonder What She Thinks Of Me (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis feat. Babyface – He Don’t Know Nothin’ Bout It (BMG) Kem feat. Toni Braxton – Live Out Your Love (Motown Records) 

Ledisi and PJ Morton – Anything For You (Listen Back Entertainment/BMG) 

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration-Contemporary 

Alicia Keys feat. Khalid – “So Done” (RCA Records) 

Big Sean feat. Nipsey Hussle – “Deep Reverence” (Def Jam Recordings/G.O.O.D Music) Chloe x Halle – “Do It” (Columbia Record/ Parkwood) 

Jhené Aiko feat. H.E.R. – “B.S”. (Def Jam Recordings) 

Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé – “Savage Remix” (300 Entertainment / 1501 Certified Ent. LLC) 

Outstanding International Song 

“Blessed” – Buju Banton (Roc Nation Records) 

“Lockdown” – Original Koffee (Promise Land Recordings) 

“Pressure (Remix)” – Original Koffee feat. Buju Banton (Promise Land Recordings)

“Tanana” – Davido feat. Tiwa Savage (RCA Records/Sony Music U.K./Davido Worldwide Entertainment) 

“Temptation” – Tiwa Savage (Motown Records) 

Outstanding Producer of the Year 

Donald Lawrence 

Hit-Boy 

Jathan Wilson 

Sean Keys 

TM88 

LITERATURE 

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author 

A Knock at Midnight – Brittany Barnett (Penguin Random House) 

Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World – Cole Brown (Skyhorse) 

Lakewood – Megan Giddings (HarperCollins Publishers) 

The Compton Cowboys – Walter Thompson-Hernandez (HarperCollins Publishers) We’re Better Than This – Elijah Cummings (HarperCollins Publishers) 

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction 

Black Bottom Saints – Alice Randall (HarperCollins Publishers) 

Lakewood – Megan Giddings (HarperCollins Publishers) 

Riot Baby – Tochi Onyebuchi (TorDotCom Publishing, imprint of Tom Doherty Associates) The Awkward Black Man – Walter Mosley (Grove Atlantic) 

The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett (Riverhead Books) 

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction 

A Black Women’s History of the United States – Daina Berry (Beacon Press) A Promised Land – Barack Obama (Crown) 

Driving While Black – Gretchen Sorin (W. W. Norton & Company) 

Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America – Michael Eric Dyson (St. Martin’s Press) We’re Better Than This – Elijah Cummings (HarperCollins Publishers) 

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography 

A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America’s First All-Black High School Rowing Team – Arshay Cooper (Macmillan) 

A Promised Land – Barack Obama (Crown) 

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice – Deborah Draper (Simon & Schuster) The Dead Are Arising – Les Payne, Tamara Payne (W. W. Norton & Company)

Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL’s First Black Player – Willie O’Ree (Penguin Canada) 

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry 

Homie – Danez Smith (Graywolf Press) 

Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry – John Murillo (Four Way Books) 

Seeing the Body – Rachel Eliza Griffiths (W. W. Norton & Company) 

The Age of Phillis – Honorée Jeffers (Wesleyan University Press) 

Un-American – Hafizah Geter (Wesleyan University Press) 

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional 

Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Space – Valerie Harrison (Temple University Press) 

Living Lively – Haile Thomas (HarperCollins Publishers) 

The Black Foster Youth Handbook – Ángela Quijada-Banks (Soulful Liberation) The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith–Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally – Kimberla Lawson Roby (Lenox Press) 

Vegetable Kingdom – Bryant Terry (Penguin Random House) 

Outstanding Literary Work – Children 

I Promise – LeBron James, Nina Mata (HarperCollins) 

Just Like a Mama – Alice Faye Duncan, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Simon & Schuster) Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice – Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman (Simon & Schuster) She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm – Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez (Lee & Low Books) 

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver – Gene Barretta, Frank Morrison (HarperCollins) 

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens 

Before the Ever After – Jacqueline Woodson (Penguin Random House) 

Black Brother, Black Brother – Jewell Parker Rhodes (Hachette Book Group) Dear Justyce – Nic Stone (Crown Books for Young Readers) 

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning – Jason Reynolds (Hachette Book Group ) This is Your Time – Ruby Bridges (Delacorte Books for Young Readers) 

MOTION PICTURE 

Outstanding Motion Picture 

Bad Boys For Life (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment) 

Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix) 

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

One Night In Miami… (Amazon Studios) 

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture 

Anthony Mackie – The Banker (Apple) 

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 

Forest Whitaker – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix) Will Smith – Bad Boys For Life (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment) 

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 

Issa Rae – The Photograph (Universal Pictures) 

Janelle Monáe – Antebellum (Lionsgate) 

Madalen Mills – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix) Tracee Ellis Ross – The High Note (Focus Features) 

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture 

Aldis Hodge – One Night In Miami… (Amazon Studios) 

Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 

Clarke Peters – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 

Colman Domingo – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture 

Anika Noni Rose – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix) Gabourey Sidibe – Antebellum (Lionsgate) 

Nia Long – The Banker (Apple) 

Phylicia Rashad – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix) Taylour Paige – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture 

Emperor (Universal Home Video) 

Farewell Amor (IFC Films) 

Miss Juneteenth (Vertical Entertainment) 

The 24th (Vertical Entertainment) 

The Banker (Apple) 

Outstanding International Motion Picture

Ainu Mosir (ARRAY) 

His House (Netflix) 

Night of the Kings (Neon) 

The Last Tree (ArtMattan Productions) 

The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a se) (Netflix) 

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture 

Dayo Okeniyi – Emperor (Universal Home Video) 

Dominique Fishback – Project Power (Netflix) 

Jahi Di’Allo Winston – Charm City Kings (HBO Max) 

Jahzir Bruno – The Witches (Warner Bros. Pictures) 

Madalen Mills – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix) 

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture 

Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) 

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix) 

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Soul (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 

The Banker (Apple) 

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture 

Onward (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 

Over the Moon (Netflix) 

Scoob! (Warner Bros. Pictures) 

Soul (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 

Trolls World Tour (Universal Pictures) 

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance – Motion Picture Ahmir-Khalib Thompson aka Questlove – Soul (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Angela Bassett – Soul (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 

Chris Rock – The Witches (Warner Bros. Pictures) 

Jamie Foxx – Soul (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 

Phylicia Rashad – Soul (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) 

Outstanding Short Form-Live Action 

Baldwin Beauty (Powderkeg Media) 

Black Boy Joy (Film Independent Project Involve ) 

Gets Good Light 

Home 

Mr. & Mrs. Ellis (AMB Productions)

Outstanding Short Form-Animated 

Canvas (Netflix) 

Cops and Robbers (Netflix) 

Loop (Pixar Animation Studios) 

The Power of Hope (The Power Of Hope) 

Windup (Unity Technologies) 

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative-Motion Picture 

Loira Limbal – Through the Night (Third Shift Media, Inc.) 

Melissa Haizlip – Mr. Soul! (Shoes In The Bed Productions) 

Nadia Hallgren – Becoming (A Higher Ground Productions and Big Mouth Productions Film for Netflix) 

Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix) 

Remi Weekes – His House (Netflix) 

DOCUMENTARY 

Outstanding Documentary-Television 

And She Could Be Next (PBS) 

Black Love (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network) 

Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (EPIX) 

The Last Dance (ESPN / Netflix) 

Unsung (TV One) 

Outstanding Documentary-Film 

All In: The Fight For Democracy (Amazon Studios) 

Coded Bias (7th Empire Media) 

John Lewis: Good Trouble (Magnolia Pictures/Participant) 

Mr. Soul! (Shoes in the Bed Productions) 

On the Record (HBO Max) 

WRITING 

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series 

Issa Rae – Insecure – “Lowkey Feelin’ Myself” (HBO) 

Lee Eisenberg, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon – Little America – “The Rock” (Apple TV+) Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You – “Ego Death” (HBO) 

Mindy Kaling, Lang Fisher – Never Have I Ever º “Pilot” (Netflix)

Rajiv Joseph – Little America – “The Manager” (Apple TV+) 

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series 

Attica Locke – Little Fires Everywhere – “The Spider Web” (Hulu) 

Erika L. Johnson, Mark Richard – The Good Lord Bird – “A Wicked Plot” (Showtime) Jessica Lamour – Little Voice – “Love Hurts” (Apple TV+) 

Katori Hall – P-Valley – “Perpetratin’” (Starz) 

Tanya Barfield – Mrs. America – “Shirley” (FX) 

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special 

Diallo Riddle, Bashir Salahuddin, D. Rodney Carter, Emily Goldwyn, Rob Haze, Zuri Salahuddin, Bennett Webber, Evan Williams, Will Miles – Sherman’s Showcase Black History Month Spectacular (IFC) 

Eugene Ashe – Sylvie’s Love (Amazon Studios) 

Geri Cole – The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special (HBO Max) 

Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton (Disney+) 

Sylvia L. Jones, Camille Tucker – The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel(Lifetime) 

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture 

David E. Talbert – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix) 

Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami… (Amazon Studios) 

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (A24) 

Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Mike Jones – Soul (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix) 

Outstanding Writing in a Documentary-Television or Motion Picture Mary Mazzio – A Most Beautiful Thing (Peacock) 

Melissa Haizlip – Mr. Soul! (Maysles Documentary Center) 

Nile Cone – The Beat Don’t Stop (TV One) 

Royal Kennedy Rodgers – Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story(PBS) Yoruba Richen, Elia Gasull Balada, Valerie Thomas – The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show (Peacock) 

DIRECTING 

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special 

Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Emmanuel Adeji, Blitz Bazawule, Kwasi Fordjour –Black Is King (Disney+) 

Christine Swanson – The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (Lifetime) Chuck Vinson, Alan Muraoka – The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special(HBO Max)

Eugene Ashe – Sylvie’s Love (Amazon Studios) 

Kamilah Forbes – Between The World And Me (HBO) 

Outstanding Directing in a Documentary-Television or Motion Picture Keith McQuirter – By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (EPIX) Muta’Ali – Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (HBO) 

Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff – Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (Ep. 1 & 2) (HBO) 

Simcha Jacobovici – Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (EPIX) Yoruba Richen – The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show(Peacock) 

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture 

David E. Talbert – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Netflix) 

George C. Wolfe – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) 

Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Old Guard (Netflix) 

Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix) 

Regina King – One Night in Miami… (Amazon Studios) 

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series 

Cheryl Dunye – Lovecraft Country – “Strange Case” (HBO) 

Hanelle Culpepper – Star Trek: Picard – “Remembrance” (CBS All Access) Misha Green – Lovecraft Country – “Jig-a-Bobo” (HBO) 

Nzingha Stewart – Little Fires Everywhere – “The Uncanny” (Hulu) 

Steve McQueen – Small Axe – “Mangrove” (Amazon Studios) 

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series 

Anya Adams – Black-ish – “Hair Day” (ABC) 

Aurora Guerrero – Little America – “The Jaguar” (Apple TV+) 

Eric Dean Seaton – Black-ish – “Our Wedding Dre” (ABC) 

Kabir Akhtar – Never Have I Ever – “… started a nuclear war” (Netflix) Sam Miller, Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You – “Ego Death” (HBO) Here is the link to vote: https://naacpimageawards.net/2021-nominees/

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