Black Reel Awards of 2007

The 2007 Black Reel Awards, which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films, took place in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2007. Dreamgirls was the bigger winner of the evening, taking home six awards, with Walkout taking home five awards.

8th Black Reel Awards
Date	February 7, 2007
Location	Washington, D.C.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
Dreamgirls Akeelah and the Bee Inside Man The Pursuit of Happyness Something New	Spike Lee – Inside Man Bryan Barber – Idlewild Sanaa Hamri – Something New Clark Johnson – The Sentinel Chris Robinson – ATL
Best Actor	Best Actress
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland Jamie Foxx – Dreamgirls Derek Luke – Catch a Fire Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness Denzel Washington – Inside Man	Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee Beyoncé – Dreamgirls Sanaa Lathan – Something New
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond Chiwetel Ejiofor – Kinky Boots Chiwetel Ejiofor – Children of Men Laurence Fishburne – Akeelah and the Bee Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls	Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls Clare-Hope Ashitey – Children of Men Angela Bassett – Akeelah and the Bee Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson Kerry Washington – The Last King of Scotland
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original	Best Breakthrough Performance
Kriss Turner – Something New Bryan Barber – Idlewild Chris Cleveland and Bettina Gilois – Glory Road Tina Gordon Chism – ATL Tyler Perry – Madea's Family Reunion	Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee Paula Patton – Idlewild Jaden Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
Outstanding Original Score	Outstanding Original Soundtrack
Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas – Dreamgirls Big Boi – Idlewild Terence Blanchard – Inside Man Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin – Something New Aaron Zigman – Akeelah and the Bee	Dreamgirls Akeelah and the Bee Dave Chappelle's Block Party Something New Take the Lead
Best Original or Adapted Song	Best Independent Film
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls – Jennifer Hudson "Idlewild Blues" from Idlewild – OutKast "Listen" from Dreamgirls – Beyoncé "One Night Only" from Dreamgirls – Jennifer Hudson "People Get Ready" from Glory Road – Alicia Keys and Lyfe Jennings	Traci Townsend – Craig Ross Jr. No. 2 – Toa Fraser Premium – Pete Chatmon
Best Television Miniseries or Movie	Outstanding Director in a Television Miniseries or Movie
Walkout (HBO) – Moctesuma Esparza and Robert A. Katz No other nominees	Edward James Olmos – Walkout (HBO) No other nominees
Best Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Andre Braugher – Thief (FX) No other nominees	Alexa Vega – Walkout (HBO) No other nominees
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series	Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Michael Peña – Walkout (HBO) No other nominees	Alfre Woodard – The Water is Wide (Hallmark) No other nominees
Outstanding Screenplay in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Ernie Contreras, Marcus DeLeon and Timothy J. Sexton – Walkout (HBO) No other nominees