Black Reel Awards of 2008

The 2008 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 December 14, 2008.^[1] Cadillac Records, The Secret Life of Bees and Slumdog Millionaire all won three awards at the ceremony.

9th Black Reel Awards
Date	December 14, 2008
Location	Washington, D.C.
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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
Cadillac Records Miracle at St. Anna The Secret Life of Bees Seven Pounds Traitor	Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Secret Life of Bees Malcolm D. Lee – Soul Men Spike Lee – Miracle at St. Anna Darnell Martin – Cadillac Records Gabriele Muccino – Seven Pounds
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire Don Cheadle – Traitor Mos Def – Be Kind Rewind Chiwetel Ejiofor – Redbelt Derek Luke – Miracle at St. Anna	Queen Latifah – The Secret Life of Bees Jennifer Hudson – The Secret Life of Bees Sanaa Lathan – The Family That Preys Keke Palmer – The Longshots Alfre Woodard – The Family That Preys
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jeffrey Wright – Cadillac Records Mos Def – Cadillac Records Terrence Howard – Iron Man Brandon T. Jackson – Tropic Thunder Eamonn Walker – Cadillac Records	Viola Davis – Doubt Alice Braga – Blindness Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Sophie Okonedo – The Secret Life of Bees
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original	Outstanding Original Score
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Secret Life of Bees Darnell Martin – Cadillac Records James McBride – Miracle at St. Anna Tyler Perry – The Family That Preys Tyler Perry – Meet the Browns	A. R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire Terrence Blanchard and Steve Jordan – Cadillac Records Stanley Clarke – Soul Men Mason Daring – Honeydripper Steve Isles – RocknRolla
Best Breakthrough Performance	Best Ensemble (Awarded to Casting Directors)
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire Omar Benson Miller – Miracle at St. Anna Columbus Short – Cadillac Records Saïd Taghmaoui – Traitor Tristan Wilds – The Secret Life of Bees	Michelle Adams and Kimberly Hardin – Cadillac Records Kim Coleman, Béatrice Kruger and Karen Kaia Livers – Miracle at St. Anna Aisha Coley, Craig and Mark Fincannon – The Secret Life of Bees John Hubbard – Honeydripper Gail Stevens and Loveleen Tandan – Slumdog Millionaire