NAACP Image Awards 2021

Die 52. NAACP Image Awards, die von der NAACP verliehen werden, wurden am 27. März 2021 auf Black Entertainment Television (BET) und auf den Schwesterfernsehsendern im ViacomCBS Networks ausgestrahlt. CBS strahlte die Verleihung zum ersten Mal aus. Neben der Hauptverleihung am 27. März wurden die anderen Awards vom 22. bis zum 26. März verliehen und auf der Website der Veranstaltung per Livestream gezeigt. Die Veranstaltung fand im Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Kalifornien statt.

Ausgezeichnet wurden People of Color in verschiedenen Kategorien im Bereich Film, Fernsehen Musik und Literatur für ihre Leistungen im Kalenderjahr 2020. Moderator war Anthony Anderson.

Die Nominierungen wurden am 4. Februar 2021 verkündet.

Film

Bester Film	Beste Regie
Bad Boys for Life Da 5 Bloods Jingle Jangle Journey: Abenteuerliche Weihnachten! ( Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom One Night in Miami	Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Old Guard David E. Talbert – Jingle Jangle Journey: Abenteuerliche Weihnachten! (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) George C. Wolfe – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Radha Blank – Mein 40-jähriges Ich (The 40-Year-Old Version) Regina King – One Night in Miami
Bester Hauptdarsteller	Beste Hauptdarstellerin
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Mackie – The Banker Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods Forest Whitaker – Jingle Jangle Journey: Abenteuerliche Weihnachten! (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) Will Smith – Bad Boys for Life	Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Issa Rae – The Photograph Janelle Monáe – Antebellum Madalen Mills – Jingle Jangle Journey: Abenteuerliche Weihnachten! (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) Tracee Ellis Ross – The High Note
Bester Nebendarsteller	Beste Nebendarstellerin
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods Aldis Hodge – One Night in Miami Clarke Peters – Da 5 Bloods Colman Domingo – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom	Phylicia Rashād – Jingle Jangle Journey: Abenteuerliche Weihnachten! (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) Anika Noni Rose – Jingle Jangle Journey: Abenteuerliche Weihnachten! (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) Gabourey Sidibe – Antebellum Nia Long – The Banker Taylour Paige – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Bester ausländischer Film	Bester Independentfilm
La Nuit des Rois (Frankreich) Ainu Mosir (Japan) His House (Vereinigtes Königreich) The Last Tree (Vereinigtes Königreich) Du hast das Leben vor dir (La vita davanti a sé) (Italien)	The Banker Emperor – Vom Sklaven zur Legende (Emperor) Farewell Amor Miss Juneteenth The 24th
Bester Newcomer	Bestes Ensemble
Madalen Mills – Jingle Jangle Journey: Abenteuerliche Weihnachten! (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) Dayo Okeniyi – Emperor – Vom Sklaven zur Legende (Emperor) Dominique Fishback – Project Power Jahi Di’Allo Winston – Charm City Kings Jahzir Bruno – Hexen hexen (The Witches)	Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Emperor – Vom Sklaven zur Legende (Emperor) Farewell Amor Miss Juneteenth The 24th
Bester Animationsfilm	Beste Synchronisation – Film
Soul Onward: Keine halben Sachen (Onward) Die bunte Seite des Monds (Over the Moon) Scooby! Voll verwedelt (Scoob!) Trolls World – Voll vertrollt! (Trolls World Tour)	Jamie Foxx – Soul Ahmir Khalib Thompson – Soul Angela Bassett – Soul Chris Rock – Hexen hexen (The Witches) Phylicia Rashād – Soul
Bester Kurzfilm	Bester Kurz-Animationsfilm
Black Boy Joy Baldwin Beauty Gets Good Light Home & Mrs. Ellis	Canvas Cops and Robbers Loop The Power of Hope Windup
Kreativ-Newcomer (Motion Picture)	Bestes Drehbuch
Nadia Hallgren – Becoming Loira Limbal – Through the Nigh Melissa Haizlip – Mr. Soul! Radha Blank – Mein 40-jähriges Ich (The 40-Year-Old Version) Remi Weekes – His House	Radha Blank – Mein 40-jähriges Ich (The 40-Year-Old Version) David E. Talbert – Jingle Jangle Journey: Abenteuerliche Weihnachten! (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami Lee Isaac Chung – Minari – Wo wir Wurzeln schlagen (Minari) Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Mike Jones – Soul

Fernsehen

Drama

Beste Dramaserie
Power Book II: Ghost All Rise – Die Richterin (All Rise) Bridgerton Lovecraft Country This Is Us – Das ist Leben (This Is Us)
Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Dramaserie	Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Dramaserie
Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us – Das ist Leben (This Is Us) Keith David – Greenleaf Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country Nicco Annan – P-Valley	Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder Angela Bassett – 9-1-1 Simone Missick – All Rise – Die Richterin (All Rise) Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country Brandee Evans – P-Valley
Bester Nebendarsteller in einer Dramaserie	Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Dramaserie
Cliff „Method Man“ Smith – Power Book II: Ghost Delroy Lindo – The Good Fight Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country Jeffrey Wright – Westworld J. Alphonse Nicholson – P-Valley	Mary J. Blige – Power Book II: Ghost Lynn Whitfield – Greenleaf Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us – Das ist Leben (This Is Us) (NBC) Aunjanue Ellis – Lovecraft Country Adjoa Andoh – Bridgerton
Beste Regie in einer Dramaserie	Bestes Drehbuch in einer Dramaserie
Hanelle M. Culpepper – Star Trek: Picard – Remembrance Cheryl Dunye – Lovecraft Country – Strange Case Misha Green – Lovecraft Country – Jig-a-Bobo Nzingha Stewart – Little Fires Everywhere – The Uncanny Steve McQueen – Small Axe – Mangrove	Attica Locke – Little Fires Everywhere – The Spider Web Erika L. Johnson & Mark Richard – The Good Lord Bird – A Wicked Plot Jessica Lamour – Little Voice – Love Hurts Katori Hall – P-Valley – Perpetratin’ Tanya Barfield – Mrs. America – Shirley

Comedy

Beste Comedy-Serie
Insecure BlackAF [Black-ish] Grown-ish The Last O.G.
Bester Hauptdarsteller in einer Comedy-Serie	Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einer Comedy-Serie
Anthony Anderson – [Black-ish] Cedric the Entertainer – The Neighborhood Don Cheadle – Black Monday Tracy Morgan – The Last O.G. Idris Elba – In the Long Run	Issa Rae – Insecure Tracee Ellis Ross – [black-ish] Regina Hall – Black Monday Folake Olowofoyeku – Bob Hearts Abishola Yara Shahidi – Grown-ish
Bester Nebendarsteller in einer Comedy-Serie	Beste Nebendarstellerin in einer Comedy-Serie
Deon Cole – [Black-ish] Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine Jay Ellis – Insecure Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live Laurence Fishburne – [Black-ish]	Marsai Martin – [Black-ish] Tichina Arnold – The Neighborhood Jenifer Lewis – Black-ish Natasha Rothwell – Insecure Yvonne Orji – Insecure
Beste Regie in einer Comedy-Serie	Bestes Drehbuch in einer Comedy-Serie
Anya Adams – [Black-ish] – Hair Day Aurora Guerrero – Little America – The Jaguar Eric Dean Stanton – [Black-ish] – Our Wedding Dre Kabir Akhtar – Noch nie in meinem Leben … (Never Have I Ever…) – …started a nuclear war Sam Miller, Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You – Ego Death	Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You – Ego Death Issa Rae – Insecure – Lowkey feelin’ Myself Lee Eisenberg, Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani — Little America – The Rock Mindy Kaling & Lang Fisher — Noch nie in meinem Leben … (Never Have I Ever…) – Pilot Rajiv Joseph – Little America – The Manager

Fernsehfilm, Miniserie oder Special

Bester Fernsehfilm, Miniserie oder Special
Self Made: Das Leben von Madam C.J. Walker (Self Made) Hamilton Little Fires Everywhere Sylvie’s Love The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Bester Hauptdarsteller in einem Fernsehfilm oder Miniserie	Beste Hauptdarstellerin in einem Fernsehfilm oder Miniserie
Blair Underwood – Self Made: Das Leben von Madam C.J. Walker (Self Made) Chris Rock – Fargo Daveed Diggs – Hamilton Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton Nnamdi Asomugha – Sylvie’s Love	Octavia Spencer – Self Made: Das Leben von Madam C.J. Walker (Self Made) Aunjanue Ellis – The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel Kerry Washington – Little Fires Everywhere Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You Tessa Thompson – Sylvie’s Love
Beste Regie in einem Fernsehfilm oder Special	Bestes Drehbuch in einem Fernsehfilm oder Special
Eugene Ash – Sylvie’s Love Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Emmanuel Adeji, Blitz Bazawule & Kwasi Fordjour — Black Is King Christine Swanson — The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel Chuck Vinson & Alan Muraoka — The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special Kamilah Forbes — Between the World and Me	Geri Cole — The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special Bashir Salahuddin, Diallo Riddle, Emily Goldwyn, Rodney Carter, Rob Haze, Will Miles & Zuri Salahuddin — Sherman's Showcase (Black History Month Spectacular) Eugene Ashe — Sylvie's Love Lin-Manuel Miranda — Hamilton Sylvia L. Jones & Camille Tucker — The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Reality-Serie und Varieté-Shows

Beste Talkshow	Beste Reality- oder Gameshow
Red Table Talk The Daily Show with Trevor Noah The Oprah Conversation The Shop: Uninteruppted The Tamron Hall Show	Celebrity Family Feud Iyanla: Fix My Life Shark Tank United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell Voices of Fire
Beste Nachrichtensendung	Bester Moderator einer Talkshow
The New York Times Presents "The Killing of Breonna Taylor" AM Joy: Remembering John Lewis Special Desus & Mero: The Obama Interview The Color of COVID The ReidOut	Trevor Noah – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah LeBron James – The Shop: Uninterrupted Don Lemon – CNN Tonight with Don Lemon Jada Pinkett Smith – Red Table Talk Joy Reid – The ReidOut
Outstanding Variety Show	Bester Moderator einer Reality-, Game- oder Varietée-Show
Verzuz 8:46 Black is King The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion Yvonne Orji: Momma I Made It!	Steve Harvey – Celebrity Family Feud Alfonso Ribeiro – America's Funniest Home Videos Iyanla Vanzant – Iyanla: Fix My Life W. Kamau Bell – United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell RuPaul – RuPaul's Drag Race

Weitere Kategorien

Beste Kurzserie	Bester Darsteller in einer Kurzserie
#FreeRayshawn CripTales Lazor Wulf Mapleworth Murders Sincerely, Camille	Laurence Fishburne – #FreeRayshawn Giancarlo Esposito – The Broken and the Bad J.B. Smoove – Mapleworth Murders Jasmine Cephas Jones – #FreeRayshawn Stephan James – #FreeRayshawn
Beste Animationsserie	Beste Kinderserie
Doc McStuffins, Spielzeugärztin (Doc McStuffins) Big Mouth Central Park She-Ra und die Rebellen-Prinzessinnen (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) Star Trek: Lower Decks	Family Reunion Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices Craig of the Creek Zuhause bei Raven (Raven's Home) We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical
Beste Synchronisation (Fernsehen)
Laya DeLeon Hayes – Doc McStuffins, Spielzeugärztin (Doc McStuffins) Aisha Tyler – Archer Courtney B. Vance – Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story Dawnn Lewis – Star Trek: Lower Decks Deon Cole – Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Schauspiel

Bester Kinderdarsteller	Bester Gaststar
Marsai Martin – [Black-ish] Miles Brown – Black-ish Lexi Underwood – Little Fires Everywhere Alex R. Hibbert – The Chi Lyric Ross – This Is Us – Das ist Leben (This Is Us)	Loretta Devine – P-Valley Chris Rock – Saturday Night Live Issa Rae – Saturday Night Live Courtney B. Vance – Lovecraft Country Dave Chappelle – Saturday Night Live

Dokumentation

Bestes Drehbuch einer Dokumentation	Beste Regie in einer Dokumentation
Melissa Haizlip – Mr. SOUL! Mary Mazzio, A Most Beautiful Thing Nile Cone, The Beat Don't Stop Royal Kennedy Rodgers, Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story Yoruba Richen, Elia Gasull Balada, Valerie Thomas, The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonigh	Keith McQuirter – By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem Muta'Ali, Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff, Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (Ep. 1 & 2) Simcha Jacobovici, Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Yoruba Richen, The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show

Musik

Bestes Album	Bester Newcomer
Chilombo – Jhené Aiko Alicia – Alicia Keys B7 – Brandy Bigger Love – John Legend The Wild Card – Ledisi	Doja Cat – Say So Chika – High Rises D Smoke – Black Habits Giveon – When It's All Said and Done Skip Marley – Higher Place
Bester Sänger	Beste Sängerin
Drake Big Sean Black Thought Charlie Wilson John Legend	Beyoncé H.E.R. Jazmine Sullivan Ledisi Alicia Keys
Beste Band, Duo oder Kollaboration (Traditional)	Beste Band, Duo oder Kollaboration (Contemporary)
Chloe x Halle – Wonder What She Thinks of Me Alicia Keys feat. Jill Scott – Jill Scott Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis feat. Babyface – He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It Kem feat. Toni Braxton – Live Out Your Love Ledisi and PJ Morton – Anything for You	Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé – Savage (Remix) Alicia Keys feat. Khalid – So Done Big Sean feat. Nipsey Hussle – Deep Reverence Chloe x Halle – Do It Jhené Aiko feat. H.E.R. – B.S.
Bestes Musik- oder Konzertvideo	Bester Soundtrack oder Sampler
Brown Skin Girl – Beyoncé, Wizkid, Saint Jhn, Blue Ivy Carter I Can't Breathe – H.E.R. Anything For You – Ledisi Black Is King – Beyoncé Do It – Chloe x Halle	Soul Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste and Tom McDougall Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Music from the Netflix Film) – Branford Marsalis Insecure: Music from the HBO Original Series – Various Artists Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey – Various Artists The First Ladies of Gospel: The Clark Sisters Biopic Soundtrack – Donald Lawrence
Bestes Gospel- oder christliches Album	Bester Gospel- oder christlicher Song
The Return – The Clark Sisters Chosen Vessel – Marvin Sapp Gospel according to John – PJ Morton I Am – Koryn Hawthorne Kierra – Kierra Sheard	Touch from You – Tamela Mann All in His Plan – PJ Morton Never Lost – CeCe Winans Something Has To Break – Kierra Sheard feat. Tasha Cobbs-Leonard Strong God – Kirk Franklin
Bestes Jazzalbum – Instrumental	Bestes Jazzalbum – Vocal
Music From and Inspired By Soul– Jon Batiste Be Water– Christian Sands Omega – Immanuel Wilkins Reciprocity – George Burton The Iconoclast – Barry Stephenson	Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper – Somi Donny Duke and Wonder – Nathan Mitchell Pulling Off The Covers – Mike Phillips Stronger – Jeff Bradshaw The Eddy (From The Netflix Original Series) – Various artists
Bester Soul-/R&B-Song	Bester Hip-Hop-/Rap-Song
Do It – Chloe x Halle I Can't Breathe – H.E.R. Anything for You – Ledisi B.S. – Jhené Aiko feat. H.E.R Black Parade – Beyoncé	Savage (Remix) – Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé Deep Reverence – Big Sean feat. Nipsey Hussle Cool Off – Missy Elliott Laugh Now Cry Later – Drake feat. Lil Durk Life Is Good – Future feat. Drake
Bester internationaler Song	Bester Produzent
Lockdown – Original Koffee Blessed – Buju Banton Pressure (Remix) – Original Koffee feat. Buju Banton Tanana – Davido feat. Tiwa Savage Temptation – Tiwa Savage	Hit-Boy Donald Lawrence Jathan Wilson Sean Keys TM88

Literatur

Bester Autor (Belletristik)	Bester Autor (Nonfiktion)
The Awkward Black Man – Walter Mosley Black Bottom Saints – Alice Randall Lakewood – Megan Giddings Riot Baby – Tochi Onyebuchi The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett	Ein verheißenes Land (A Promised Land) – Barack Obama A Black Women's History of the United States – Daina Ramey Berry Driving While Black – Gretchen Sorin Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America – Michael Eric Dyson We're Better Than This – Elijah Cummings
Bester Debütautor	Bestes biografisches Werk
We're Better Than This – Elijah Cummings A Knock at Midnight – Brittany Barnett Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World – Cole Brown Lakewood – Megan Giddings The Compton Cowboys – Walter Thompson-Hernandez	The Dead Are Arising – Les Payne, Tamara Payne A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team – Arshay Cooper Ein verheißenes Land (A Promised Land) – Barack Obama Olympic Pride, American Prejudice – Deborah Draper Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player – Willie O’Ree
Bester Ratgeber	Beste Gedichtsammlung
Vegetable Kingdom – Bryant Terry Do Right by Me: Learning to Raise Black Children in White Space – Valerie Harrison Living Lively – Haile Thomas The Black Foster Youth Handbook – Ángela Quijada-Banks The Woman God Created You to Be: Finding Success Through Faith–Spiritually, Personally, and Professionally – Kimberla Lawson Roby	The Age of Phillis – Honorée Jeffer Homie – Danez Smith Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry – John Murillo Seeing the Body – Rachel Eliza Griffiths Un-American – Hafizah Geter
Bestes Kinderbuch	Bestes Jugendbuch
She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm – Katheryn Russell-Brown, Eric Velasquez I Promise – LeBron James, Nina Mata Just Like a Mama – Alice Faye Duncan, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice – Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver – Gene Barretta, Frank Morrison	Before the Ever After – Jacqueline Woodson Black Brother, Black Brother – Jewell Parker Rhodes Dear Justyce – Nic Stone Rassismus und Antirassismus in Amerika. (Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning) – Jason Reynolds This is Your Time – Ruby Bridges

Sonderpreise

President's Award
LeBron James
Chairman's Award
Rev. James Lawson
Vanguard Award
Bethann Hardison
Entertainer of the Year
D-Nice Regina King Viola Davis Trevor Noah Tyler Perry
Social Justice Impact Award
Stacey Abrams April Ryan Debbie Allen LeBron James Tamika Mallory
Jackie Robinson Sports Award
Stephen Curry and WNBA Players Association
Hall of Fame Award
Eddie Murphy

Weblinks

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Einzelnachweise

1. Angelique Jackson: Chadwick Boseman, ‘Black-ish’ and ‘Insecure’ Win Big at Final Night of Non-Televised NAACP Image Awards. In: Variety. 25. März 2021, abgerufen am 16. Juli 2023 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
2. Clayton Davis: Viola Davis, Tyler Perry and Regina King Up for Entertainer of the Year at 2021 NAACP Image Awards. In: Variety. 2. Februar 2021, abgerufen am 16. Juli 2023 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
3. Adrienne Gibbs: Netflix, HBO Lead NAACP Image Awards 2021 Nominations. Abgerufen am 16. Juli 2023 (englisch). 

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