NAACP Image Awards 2011 announced its nominees on Wednesday. Below is the list of nominees for Motion Picture.
Outstanding Motion Picture
For Colored Gilrs – Lionsgate/34th Street Films
Just Wright – Fox Searchlight Pictures
The Book of Eli – Warner Bros. Pictures
The Kids Are All Right – Focus Features
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? – Lionsgate
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Anthony Mackie – Night Catches Us – Magnolia Pictures
Common – Just Wright – Fox Searchlight Pictures
Denzel Washington – The Book of Eli – Warner Bros. Pictures
Jaden Smith – The Karate Kid – Columbia Pictures
Morgan Freeman – Red – Summit Entertainment
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Halle Berry – Frankie & Alice – Freestyle Releasing
Janet Jackson – Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? – Lionsgate
Kerry Washington – Night Catches Us – Magnolia Pictures
Queen Latifah – Just Wright – Fox Searchlight Pictures
Zoe Saldana – The Losers – Warner Bros. Pictures
Outstanding Support Actor in a Motion Picture
Don Cheadle – Brooklyn’s Finest – Overture Films
Idris Elba – Takers- Screen Gems
Justin Timberlake – The Social Network – Columbia Pictures
Michael Ealy – For Colored Girls – Lionsgate/34th Street Films
Samuel L. Jackson – Mother and Child – Sony Pictures Classics
Outstanding Support Actress in a Motion Picture
Anika Noni Rose – For Colored Girls – Lionsgate/34th Street Films
Kimberly Elise – For Colored Girls – Lionsgate/34th Street Films
Phylicia Rashad – For Colored Girls – Lionsgate/34th Street Films
Jill Scott – Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? – Lionsgate
Whoopi Goldberg – For Colored Girls – Lionsgate/34th Street Films
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Conviction – Fox Searchlight Pictures
Frankie & Alice – Freestyle Releasing
La Mission – Screen Media Ventures
Mother and Child – Sony Pictures Classics
Night Catches Us – Magnolia Pictures
Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture
A Barefoot Dream – Showbox/Mediaplex
Biutiful – Roadside Attractions
Four Lions – Drafthouse Films
Mother – Magnolia Pictures
Outside the Law – Tessalit Productions
Outstanding Documentary (Theatrical or Television)
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots – PBS
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel – Metaphor Films
If God is Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise – HBO
Waiting for Superman – Paramount Vantage
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe – POV
Watch the NAACP Image Award 2011 show that will air March 4 on Fox.
