Spike Lee + Ryan Coogler Honored at ‘Celebration of Black Cinema & Television’

Critics Choice Association (CCA) presented the 8th annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television last night Tuesday, December 9th, at the Fairmont Century Plaza.

The Celebration honors standout work both onscreen and offscreen from the Black entertainment community.

Hosted by Jay Pharoah, with a performance by Aiyana-Lee.

Presenters were,Chris Perfetti, Dan Fogelman, Delroy Lindo, Godfrey, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryan Destiny, Samuel L. Jackson, Shamier Anderson, Wunmi Moskau; Special Guests Ludwig Göransson, Michael De Luca, Pamela Abdy, William Stanford Davis, Zinzi Coogler, and more.

Chase Infiniti (Ensemble Award)
Damson Idris (Supporting Actor Award – Film)
David Alan Grier (Vanguard Award)

Janelle James (Comedy Award)
Jurnee Smollett (Actress Award – Series)
Naya Desir-Johnson (Rising Star Award)
Regina Hall (Ensemble Award)

Reginald Hudlin (Documentary Award)
Ryan Coogler (Director Award)
Shola Lynch (Documentary Award)
Skye P. Marshall (Supporting Actress Award – Series)
Spike Lee (Career Achievement Award)

Sterling K. Brown (Actor Award – Series)
Tenika Davis (Breakthrough Performance Award)
Tessa Thompson (Actress Award)

Teyana Taylor (Ensemble Award)

Sponsors included #TakeTheLead, Milagro Tequila, Fairmont Century Plaza, IMDbPro, STARZ and Conduiit. Partners include NEP Sweetwater and FIJI Water.

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