FOREST WHITAKER - DREAMGIRLS SWEEPS BLACK REEL AWARDS

Movie musical DREAMGIRLS walked away with six prizes at the Foundation For The Advancement Of African-Americans In Film's (FAAAF) Black Reel Awards today (07FEB07), including Best Film. Dreamgirls also won Best Supporting Actress and Best Breakthrough Performance for JENNIFER HUDSON, Best Original Score, Best Original Soundtrack and Best Song for AND I'M TELLING YOU. The film had set a new record by becoming the first movie to land more than 10 nominations in the event's 11-year history. Elsewhere, Oscar favourite FOREST WHITAKER won Best Actor for THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND and KEKE PALMER's performance in AKEELAH AND THE BEE landed her Best Actress. Best Supporting Actor went to DJIMON HOUNSOU for BLOOD DIAMOND. SPIKE LEE won Best Director for INSIDE MAN, while his WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS picked up Best Television Documentary. The full list of winners is: THEATRICAL Best Actor - FOREST WHITAKER in THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND Best Actress - KEKE PALMER in AKEELAH AND THE BEE Best Supporting Actor - DJIMON HOUNSOU in BLOOD DIAMOND Best Supporting Actress - JENNIFER HUDSON in DREAMGIRLS Best Director - SPIKE LEE for INSIDE MAN Best Screenplay, Original Or Adapted - KRISS TURNER for SOMETHING NEW Best Film - DREAMGIRLS Best Breakthrough Performance - JENNIFER HUDSON in DREAMGIRLS Best Original Score - DREAMGIRLS by HARVEY MASON JR. and DAMON THOMAS Best Original Soundtrack - DREAMGIRLS Best Song, Original Or Adapted - AND I'M TELLING YOU by HENRY KRIEGER and TOM EYEN from DREAMGIRLS Best Documentary - THE HEART OF THE GAME INDEPENDENT Best Independent Feature - TRACI TOWNSEND Best Independent Documentary - ITHUENG Best Independent Mini Feature - SNAPSHOT Best Independent Mini Documentary - GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA TELEVISION Best Actor - ANDRE BRAUGHER in THIEF Best Actress - ALEX VEGA in WALKOUT Best Supporting Actor - MICHAEL PENA in WALKOUT Best Supporting Actress - ALFRE WOODARD in THE WATER IS WIDE Best Television Director - EDWARD JAMES OLMOS for WALKOUT Best Television Film - WALKOUT Best Television Documentary - WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS.