2021 Awards: Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) Winners

Here are the winners of the Black Film Critics Circle Awards.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom led the way with 4 wins including Best Picture.

Best Picture – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Rest of Top 10 (In Order)

• Minari
• Nomadland
• One Night in Miami
• Soul
• Judas and the Black Messiah 
• Da 5 Bloods
• The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Sound of Metal
• The Forty-Year-Old Version (TIE)
• Sylvie’s Love (TIE)

BEST DIRECTOR – (TIE) Regina King, One Night in Miami / Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

BEST LEADING ACTOR – Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST LEADING ACTRESS – Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Hoyte van Hoytema, Tenet

BEST DOCUMENTARY – Time

BEST ANIMATED FILM – Soul

BEST FOREIGN FILM – Night of the Kings ​

Jacob is a Graduate of Western Kentucky University where he earned a History/Film Studies Degree. He is a film critic and co-founder of the Music City Drive-In. He is also a member of the North American Film Critics Association and the Music City Film Critics’ Association. You can find him on Twitter @Tberry57.