African American Film Critics Awards

They’ve split up the awards really nicely, I think.  Really great to see Middle of Nowhere featured – winning Actress, Screenplay and Independent film. Really good call on Nate Parker for Supporting Actor, too.

The African American Film Critics Association’s Top Ten Films of 2012 are as follows in order of distinction:

1.“Zero Dark Thirty”
2.“Argo”
3.“Lincoln”
4.“Middle of Nowhere”
5.“Life of Pi”
6.“Les Miserables”
7. “Django Unchained”
8.“Beast of the Southern Wild”
9.“Moonrise Kingdom”
10.“Think Like a Man”
Best Actor Denzel Washington, “Flight” (Paramount)
Best Actress Emayatzy Corinealdi, “Middle of Nowhere” (AFFRM)
Best Supporting Actress Sally Field, “Lincoln” (Touchstone)
Best Supporting Actor Nate Parker, “Arbitrage” (Roadside Attractions)
Best Foreign Film Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, “The Intouchables” (Weinstein Company)
Breakout Performance Quvenzhané Wallis for “Beast of the Southern Wild”(Fox Searchlight)
Best Director Ben Affleck, “Argo” (Warner)
Best Screenplay Ava DuVernay, “Middle of Nowhere”(AFFRM)
Best Music Kathryn Bostic & Morgan Rhodes, “Middle of Nowhere” (AFFRM)
Best Independent Film  “Middle of Nowhere” (AFFRM)
Best Animation  “Rise of the Guardians,” (Paramount)
Best Documentary  tie “The House I Live In” (Charlotte Street Films) &
“Versailles ’73” (Coffee Bluff Pictures)

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) is the premiere organization of African American film media professionals. Founded in 2003, AAFCA’s members represent a geographically diverse cross-section of media covering the cinematic arts. The organization honors excellence in cinema by creating awareness for films with universal appeal to black communities, while emphasizing film about the black experience and those produced written, directed and starring performers of African descent. The association actively reviews the quality and standard of black talent, content and media coverage. AAFCA also supports the development of future black film critics and filmmakers. AAFCA is based in Los Angeles.