Nominees: 2017 NAACP Image Awards

The NAACP champion the advancement of coloured people in America and around the world. Their annual Image Awards, therefore, have a natural skew in favour of films made by and starring people of colour.

So it’s no surprise that Moonlight, Loving and Fences feature heavily among the nominees, while films such as La La Land and Manchester by the Sea – though strong Oscar contenders – do not feature.

All motion picture nominees are listed below. For the full list of nominees including television please click here.

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2017 NAACP Image Awards: The Nominees

Outstanding Motion Picture
Fences
Moonlight
Loving
The Birth of a Nation
Hidden Figures

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Stephan James, Race
Don Cheadle, Miles Ahead
Nate Parker, The Birth of a Nation
Will Smith, Collateral Beauty
Denzel Washington, Fences

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Tika Sumpter, Southside With You
Madina Nalwanga, Queen of Katwe
Ruth Negga, Loving
Angela Bassett, London Has Fallen
Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Alano Miller, Loving
David Oyelowo, Queen of Katwe
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Chadwick Boseman, Captain America: Civil War
Trevante Rhodes, Moonlight

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Viola Davis, Fences
Lupita Nyong’o, Queen of Katwe
Mo’Nique, Almost Christmas
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Aja Naomi King, The Birth of a Nation

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Miles Ahead
The Birth of a Nation
Lion
Loving
Moonlight

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Loretta Devine, Doc McStuffins
Dwayne Johnson, Moana
Idris Elba, Finding Dory
Kevin Hart, The Secret Life of Pets
Idris Elba, The Jungle Book

Outstanding Documentary (Film)
13th
I Am Not Your Negro
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice
Miss Sharon Jones!

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Barry
Southside With You
Loving
The Birth of a Nation
Moonlight

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Garth Davis, Lion
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Mira Nair, Queen of Katwe
Nate Parker, The Birth of a Nation
Anthony Russo & Joe Russo, Captain America: Civil War