AAFCA Founder and President Gil Robertson with Selma producers and cast, winner of Best Picture at the AAFCA Awards
Oprah accepts Best Picture Award at the AAFCA Awards
It was a star studded night of Celebrities from the film, television and news media at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood Wednesday night, February 4, 2015, for the 6th Annual African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Awards Ceremony. Presenting awards for the best in directing, screenwriting, acting and producing, the AAFCA Awards attendees included Ava DuVernay (Director, Selma), Oprah Winfrey, Alfre Woodard, Tyler Perry, Will Packer, Kathryn Bigelow, Amy Pascal (Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment); David Oyelowo winner of Best Actor for his critically-acclaimed performance in Selma; Chadwick Boseman, accepting the Best Ensemble award on behalf of the cast of Get On Up; producer Debra Martin Chase, receiving the Ashley Boone Award; J.K. Simmons accepted the award for Best Supporting Actor in Whiplash; Best Screenplay winner Gina Prince-Bythewood, writer Reggie Rock Bythewood and Gugu Mbatha Raw (Beyond the Lights); Tessa Thompson Best Breakout Star in Dear White People; and Effie Brown Best Independence Award as Producer of Dear White People.
Director of Selma Ava DuVernay
Director of Selma Ava DuVernay accepting Best Director Award at AAFCA Awards
Bill Bellamy interviews Director and Presenter Deborah Riley Draper On the Red Carpet at AAFCA Awards
Presenter Chaz Ebert On the Red Carpet at AAFCA Awards
David Oyelowo accepting Best Actor Award at the AAFCA Awards
Best Actor David Oyelowo On the Red Carpet at AAFCA Awards
Deborah Riley Draper and Chadwick Boseman at AAFCA Awards
Deborah Riley Draper on the red carpet at AAFCA Awards
Directors Gina Prince-Bythewood and Stephanie Allain On the Red Carpet at AAFCA Awards
Chadwick Boseman and Evelyn Bakon Wheeler at the AAFCA Awards
Evelyn Bakon Wheeler and David Oyelowo at the AAFCA Awards
Gugu Mbatha Raw at the AAFCA Awards
Chadwick Boseman and Lacy Barnes at the AAFCA Awards
Linda Curtis O'Bannon and David Oyelowo at the AAFCA Awards
Linda Curtis O'Bannon, Deborah Riley Draper and Evelyn Bakon Wheeler at AAFCA Awardes
Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Gil Robertson, Ava DuVernay, Tessa Thompson
Salli Richardson performs at the AAFCA Awards
Others in attendance were AAFCA presenters and honorees including producer Stephanie Allain, who received the Legacy Award; presenter Khandi Alexander of Scandal; presenter Mike Epps of Survivor’s Remorse; Roger Ebert award recipient Susan King; honoree and presenter Chaz Ebert; producer/director Will Packer; actor Dondre Whitfield; presenter and 2012 best documentary winner Deborah Riley Draper (Versailles 73:American Runway Revolution); actor Andre Royo; Disney Channel’s Gary Marsh; actor/comedian Bill Bellamy; presenter Wendy Raquel Robinson; and directors Julie Dash and Neema Barnette.
