'The Harder They Fall'

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‘The Harder They Fall’

Jeymes Samuel’s western The Harder They Fall has earned 12 nods to lead the field in the 2022 NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Image Awards nominations with Jennifer Hudson, Will Smith and Rebecca Hall also among the contenders.

The Harder They Fall was nominated on Tuesday (January 18) for outstanding motion picture along with last season’s Oscar contender Judas And The Black Messiah, King Richard, Respect, and The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

The western’s Jonathan Majors is in the running for outstanding actor as are Denzel Washington for The Tragedy Of Macbeth, LaKeith Stanfield for Judas And The Black Messiah, Mahershala Ali for Swan Song, and Will Smith for King Richard.

Smith’s King Richard co-star Aunjanue Ellis is nominated for supporting actress, while last season’s Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya earns a supporting actor nod for Judas And The Black Messiah.

Respect’s Hudson will compete for the outstanding actress award with last season’s Oscar nominee Andra Day for The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Halle Berry for Bruised, Tessa Thompson for Passing, and Zendaya for Malcolm & Marie. Both The United States vs. Billie Holiday and Judas And The Black Messiah were ineligible for the NAACP Image Awards last season.

Samuel is nominated in the directing category alongside Denzel Washington for A Journal for Jordan, Lin-Manuel Miranda for tick tick…BOOM!, Reinaldo Marcus Green for King Richard, and Shaka King for Judas And The Black Messiah.

Passing director Hall made the cut in the Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture) category alongside Ahmir Questlove Thompson for Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Jamila Wignot for Ailey, Samuel for The Harder They Fall, and Liesl Tommy for Respect.

Netflix is the lead company with 52 nominations and distributes The Harder They Fall, Passing, tick tick…BOOM and Bruised, among others in the TV categories. HBO’s Insecure lead the TV categories on 12 nods.

The 53rd NAACP Image Awards will take place on February 26. Anthony Anderson will host the show which will be without an audience as the pandemic continues but will air live.

NAACP Image Awards film nominees

Outstanding Motion Picture

Judas And The Black Messiah
King Richard
Respect
The Harder They Fall
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Denzel Washington – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Jonathan Majors – The Harder They Fall
LaKeith Stanfield – Judas And The Black Messiah
Mahershala Ali – Swan Song
Will Smith – King Richard

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Halle Berry – Bruised
Jennifer Hudson – Respect
Tessa Thompson – Passing
Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Algee Smith – Judas And The Black Messiah
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas And The Black Messiah
Delroy Lindo – The Harder They Fall
Idris Elba – The Harder They Fall
LaKeith Stanfield – The Harder They Fall

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Audra McDonald – Respect
Danielle Deadwyler – The Harder They Fall
Dominique Fishback – Judas And The Black Messiah
Regina King – The Harder They Fall

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

American Skin
Bruised
CODA
Test Pattern
The Killing Of Kenneth Chamberlain

Outstanding International Motion Picture

7 Prisoners
African America
Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)
Flee
The Gravedigger’s Wife

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Danny Boyd, Jr. – Bruised
Jalon Christian – A Journal For Jordan
Lonnie Chavis – The Water Man
Sheila Atim – Bruised

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

Coming 2 America
Judas And The Black Messiah
King Richard
Respect
The Harder They Fall

Outstanding Animated Motion Picture

Encanto
Luca
Raya And The Last Dragon
Sing 2
Vivo

Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)

Ahmir Questlove Thompson – Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Jamila Wignot – Ailey
Jeymes Samuel – The Harder They Fall
Liesl Tommy – Respect
Rebecca Hall – Passing

Outstanding Documentary (Film)

Attica
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power
My Name Is Pauli Murray
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Tina

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

Coming 2 America
Judas And The Black Messiah
Respect
The Harder They Fall
The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

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