The African American film critics spread their love primarily between late-breaking Judas and the Black Messiah and stage-to-screen adaptation One Night in Miami. Clearly, this group had no problem following the Academy’s eligibility window while their counterparts in the Black Film Critics Circle didn’t.

Award Tallies

(4) Judas and the Black Messiah
(3) One Night in Miami

The Awards

Best Film

Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Animated Film

Soul

Best Director

Regina King – One Night in Miami

Best Actor

Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Actress

Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Supporting Actor

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Supporting Actress

Dominique Fishback – Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Screenplay

One Night in Miami

Best Foreign Film

Night of the Kings

Best Documentary

All In: The Fight for Democracy

Best Short Film

Two Distant Strangers

Best Ensemble

One Night in Miami

Best Breakout Performance

Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version

Best Breakout Director

Shaka King – Judas and the Black Messiah

Top Ten of 2020

1. Judas and the Black Messiah
2. One Night in Miami
3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
4. Nomadland
5. Night of the Kings
6. American Skin
7. Da 5 Bloods
8. Minari
9. Miss Juneteenth
10. The United States vs. Billie Holiday

African American Film Critics Association Data

First Awards: 2003 (18)