National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - 2008 NAACP Image Awards

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
NAACP Image Awards (40th)
Nominations: January 7, 2009
Awards: February 12, 2009

Below are the nominations & winners for the 40th Annual NAACP Image Awards.

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Best Picture
"Cadillac Records" (Sony Pictures)
"Miracle at St. Anna" (Walt Disney) 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
WINNER "The Secret Life of Bees" (Fox Searchlight) Donners' Company, Overbrook Entertainment
"Seven Pounds" (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Escape Artists, Overbrook Entertainment
"Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys" (Lionsgate Films) Tyler Perry Company

Best Actor
Derek Luke in "Miracle at St. Anna" (Walt Disney)
Don Cheadle in "Traitor" (Overture Films)
Jeffrey Wright in "Cadillac Records" (Sony Pictures)
Rob Brown in "The Express" (Universal Pictures)
WINNER Will Smith in "Seven Pounds" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Best Actress
Alfre Woodard in "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys" (Lionsgate Films)
Angela Bassett in "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (Lionsgate Films)
Dakota Fanning in "The Secret Life of Bees" (Fox Searchlight)
Queen Latifah in "The Secret Life of Bees" (Fox Searchlight)
WINNER Rosario Dawson in "Seven Pounds" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Best Supporting Actor
Cedric the Entertainer in "Cadillac Records" (Sony Pictures)
WINNER Columbus Short in "Cadillac Records" (Sony Pictures)
Dev Patel in "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent)
Mos Def in "Cadillac Records" (Sony Pictures)
Nate Parker in "The Secret Life of Bees" (Fox Searchlight)

Best Supporting Actress
Alicia Keys in "The Secret Life of Bees" (Fox Searchlight)
Beyonce Knowles in "Cadillac Records" (Sony Pictures)
Jennifer Hudson in "The Secret Life of Bees" (Fox Searchlight)
Sophie Okonedo in "The Secret Life of Bees" (Fox Searchlight)
WINNER Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)

Best Independent Picture
"Ballast" (Alluvial Film Company)
"Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom"
"Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics) Clinica Estetico, Marc Platt Productions
WINNER "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) A Celador Films, Film 4, Production
"The Visitor" (Overture Films) Participant Productions

Best Foreign Film
"Captain Abu Raed" (NeoClassics Films) Jordan
WINNER "The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haut et Court Production, France
"Mongol" (Picturehouse) A Kinokompaniya CTB/Eurasia Film Production, Kazakhstan
"Song of Sparrows" (Regent Releasing) Iran
"Under the Same Moon" (Fox Searchlight) Mexico

Best Documentary
WINNER "The Black List" (HBO)
"Black Magic" (ESPN)
"CNN Presents Black in America" (CNN)
"Dare Not Walk Alone" (DNWA Productions)
"Trouble the Water" (Zeitgeist Films) An Elsewhere Films Production

Best Writing
"Cadillac Records" (Sony Pictures) Darnell Martin
"The Secret Life of Bees" (Fox Searchlight) Donners' Company, Overbrook Entertainment, Gina Prince-Bythewood
WINNER "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics) Clinica Estetico, Marc Platt Productions, Jenny Lumet
"A Raisin in the Sun" Paris Qualles
"Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom" Patrik-Ian Polk & John R. Gordon

Best Director
"Cadillac Records" (Sony Pictures) Darnell Martin
WINNER "The Secret Life of Bees" (Fox Searchlight) Gina Prince-Bythewood
"Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom" Patrik Ian Polk
"Miracle at St. Anna" (Walt Disney) Spike Lee
"Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys" (Lionsgate Films) Tyler Perry

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