The 2016 African-American Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 13, 2016, while the ceremony took place on February 8, 2017, at Taglyan Complex, in Hollywood, California.
Awards Below is the list of complete winners.
AAFCA Top Ten Films Moonlight (A24) Fences (Paramount Pictures) Hidden Figures (20th Century Fox) Lion (The Weinstein Company) La La Land (Lionsgate) The Birth of a Nation (Fox Searchlight) Loving (Focus Features) Manchester by the Sea (Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios) Hell or High Water (Lionsgate/CBS Films) Queen of Katwe (Walt Disney Pictures/CBS Films)
AAFCA Top Ten TV Shows Queen Sugar (OWN) Underground (WGN) Atlanta (FX) Insecure (HBO) Luke Cage (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Black-ish (ABC) The Get Down (Netflix) Westworld (HBO) Survivor's Remorse (Starz)
AAFCA Regular Awards Best Picture Moonlight
Best Director Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Best Actor Denzel Washington – Fences
Best Actress Ruth Negga – Loving
Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis – Fences
Best Ensemble Hidden Figures
Best Independent Film Moonlight
Best Screenplay August Wilson – Fences
Breakout Performance Janelle Monáe – Moonlight and Hidden Figures
Best Animation Zootopia
Best Documentary 13th
Best Song "Victory" – Hidden Figures
Best TV Comedy Atlanta
Best TV Drama Queen Sugar
Best Cable/New Media TV Show Underground
Best Limited Series/Special Lemonade
AAFCA Special Awards
AAFCA Special Achievement Award Anthony Hemingway, director; Lee Daniels, producer/director; Floyd Norman, animator Roger Ebert Award Michael Phillips, film critic Ashley Boone Award Vanessa Morrison, 20th Century Fox Animation president
See also 2016 in film
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