Black Reel Awards: Colman Domingo to Accept Inaugural Chadwick Boseman Vanguard Award
04.12.2023 - 19:41
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Angelique Jackson Colman Domingo and Shonda Rhimes are among the special honorees for the 2024 Black Reel Awards and set to accept prizes named for the late Chadwick Boseman and Diahann Caroll, respectively. The annual Black Reel Awards, which salute the excellence of African Americans and the cinematic achievements of the African diaspora in the global entertainment industry, as assessed by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African Americans in Film’s (FAAAF) voting membership.
Joining Domingo and Rhimes as special honorees are costume designer Ruth E. Carter, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Samuel L.
Jackson. The 24th annual Black Reel Awards will be broadcast on January 16, 2024, with this year’s film and TV honors ceremonies combined in a temporary change due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Domingo, who is already a two-time Black Reel Award winner, will accept the inaugural Chadwick Boseman Vanguard award for his performances in “Rustin” and “The Color Purple.” The Vanguard Award, which was first awarded in 2004, has been renamed in honor of the late Boseman, a move that aims to “immortalize both the recipient and memory of one of the most prolific actors of the African-American community,” a press release explained. With TV and film honors being celebrated in the same ceremony, the awards committee created a prize to recognize outstanding work in television, which is named for Diahann Carroll, the first African American to star in a primetime network television drama.
The new prize goes to Rhimes, who made history with her incredible run of ABC shows including “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal,” “How to Get Away with Murder” and “Station 19”; now, Rhimes’ Shondaland produces the hit “Bridgerton” series for Netflix. “I am
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