Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” has won three awards from members of the African American Film Critics Association, taking the trophies for best film, director, and song for “All the Stars.”The Aafca made the announcement Tuesday and will present the awards in ceremonies on Feb.
6 at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles.“Selecting Disney’s ‘Black Panther’ as the year’s best film was a no-brainer,” said Aafca co-founder Shawn Edwards.
“Beyond its tremendous reviews and historic box office performance, the film changed the culture and became a defining moment for Black America.
Finally, after years of painfully negative and blatantly harmful depictions of blacks on screen there was a movie full of positive images and characters that blacks could rally around.
For many blacks the film’s release was like a national holiday.”Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” won awards for best actor for John David Washington and for screenplay.
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