Black Reel Awards of 2007

Here are the nominees and winners of the 2007 Black Reel Awards.

Category	Winner	Nominees
Best Film	Dreamgirls	Akeelah and the Bee Something New Inside Man The Pursuit of Happyness
Best Director	Spike Lee (Inside Man)	Bryan Barber (Idlewild) Chris Robinson (ATL) Clark Johnson (The Sentinel) Sanaa Hamri (Something New)
Best Actor	Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)	Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness) Derek Luke (Catch a Fire) Denzel Washington (Inside Man) Jamie Foxx (Dreamgirls)
Best Actress	Keke Palmer (Akeelah and the Bee)	Beyoncé Knowles (Dreamgirls) Sanaa Lathan (Something New)
Best Supporting Actor	Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)	Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls) Chiwetel Ejiofor (Kinky Boots) Chiwetel Ejiofor (Children of Men) Laurence Fishburne (Akeelah and the Bee)
Best Supporting Actress	Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)	Shareeka Epps (Half Nelson) Kerry Washington (The Last King of Scotland) Angela Bassett (Akeelah and the Bee) Clare-Hope Ashitey (Children of Men)
Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original	Kriss Turner (Something New)	Bryan Barber (Idlewild) Tyler Perry (Madea's Family Reunion) Chris Cleveland and Bettina Gilois (Glory Road) Tina Gordon Chism (ATL)
Best Breakthrough Performance	Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)	Keke Palmer (Akeelah and the Bee) Jaden Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness) Paula Patton (Idlewild) Shareeka Epps (Half Nelson)
Best Original Score	Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas (Dreamgirls)	Aaron Zigman (Akeelah and the Bee) Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin (Something New) Terence Blanchard (Inside Man) Big Boi (Idlewild)
Best Original Soundtrack	Dreamgirls	Take the Lead Akeelah and the Bee Something New Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Best Original or Adapted Song	Jennifer Hudson ("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls)	Jennifer Hudson ("One Night Only" from Dreamgirls) Beyoncé ("Listen" from Dreamgirls) Alicia Keys and Lyfe Jennings ("People Get Ready" from Glory Road) OutKast ("Idlewild Blues" from Idlewild)
Best Television Movie/Mini-Series	Walkout	—
Best Director (Television movie/Mini-series)	Edward James Olmos (Walkout)	—
Best Actor (Television movie/Mini-series)	Andre Braugher (Thief)	—
Best Actress (Television movie/Mini-series)	Alexa Vega (Walkout)	—
Best Supporting Actor (Television movie/Mini-series)	Michael Pena (Walkout)	—
Best Supporting Actress (Television movie/Mini-series)	Alfre Woodard (The Water is Wide)	—
Best Independent Film	Traci Townsend	—