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Ava DuVernay\u2019s time-hopping drama Origin, debut filmmaker Cord Jefferson\u2019s American Fiction, and Blitz Bazawule\u2019s musical take on The Color Purple lead the winners at the 15th annual African American Film Critics Awards. Scroll down for the full list. <\/p>\n
Origin, DuVernay\u2019s first feature since 2018\u2019s A Wrinkle In Time, was named Best Film. DuVernay\u2019s also landed Best Director. American Fiction picked up Best Comedy, while Ghanaian filmmaker Bazawule\u2019s The Color Purple was named Best Musical. All three films also had strong showings in the performance categories, with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor named Best Actress for her leading role in Origin, and Sterling K. Brown won Best Supporting Actor for American Fiction. Best Supporting Actress was tied with Da\u2019Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) and Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple) sharing the honor. <\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Lily Gladstone picked up the award for Breakout Performance for Martin Scorsese\u2019s three-hour epic Killers of the Flower Moon. Best International Film went to Matteo Garrone\u2019s Io Capitano. <\/p>\n
The AAFCA winners were announced this morning, alongside the organization\u2019s list of the year\u2019s ten best films. The list was topped by American Fiction, with spots for Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Poor Things, and Anatomy of a Fall. <\/p>\n
The winners will be honored at the 15th Annual AAFCA Awards on Feb 21 at the Beverly Wilshire. <\/p>\n
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