The Los Angeles Critics Association wanted to join the movement #BlackLivesMatter against racism, and that intensified last May as a result of the murder of George Floyd, awarding the anthology composed of five films by Small Axe. It is an Amazon Prime Video production directed by the British Steve McQueen, the author of 12 years of slavery, which tells different stories of injustice and overcoming in the African immigrant community in London, between the 60s and 80s.
Besides best film, for the set of all of them, he obtained the one with the best photography and was the finalist in the direction category. And of the five that make up this McQueen work one, Lovers Rock, became a finalist in the best music section, composed by Mica Levi.
In Los Angeles critics accolades too the best actor stood out to the late Chadwick Boseman for his work on The mother of blues who achieved a second distinction obtaining the one of supporting actor for Glynn Turman; as well as the New Generation award for Radha Blank by Rapper at 40. Both are Netflix productions.
Below is the complete list of winners and finalists among which are A promising woman starring Carey Mulligan (with two awards, best actress and screenplay, as well as Small Axe O The mother of blues), the director Chloe Zhao by Nomadland or russian production A great woman (premiered in our theaters a year ago) in the foreign film section.
Best film: Small Axe (Prime Video)
Finalist: Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Best direction: Chloé Zhao for Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Finalist: Steve McQueen for Small Axe (Prime Video)
best Actor: Chadwick Boseman for The mother of blues (Netflix)
Finalist: Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Best actress: Carey Mulligan by A promising young woman (Focus Features)
Finalist: Viola Davis for The mother of blues (Netflix)
Best Supporting Actor: Glynn Turman por The mother of blues (Netflix)
Finalist: Paul Raci for Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung por Minari. Family history (A24)
Finalista: Amanda Seyfried por Mank (Netflix)
Best animated film: Wolfwalkers (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)
Finalist: Soul (Pixar)
Best documentary: Time (Amazon Studios)
Finalist: Collective (Magnolia Pictures and Participant)
Best Film in a Non-English Language: A great woman (Russia)
Finalist: Martin eden (Italy)
Best screenplay: A promising young woman (Focus Features) – Emerald Fennell
Finalist: Never, almost never, sometimes, always (Focus Features) – Eliza Hittman
Best photography: Small Axe (Prime Video) – Shabier Kirchner
Finalist: Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) – Joshua James Richards
Best Editing: The father (Sony Pictures Classics) – Yorgos Lamprinos
Finalist: Time (Amazon Studios) – Gabriel Rhodes
Best music: Soul (Pixar) – Trent Reznor y Atticus Ross
Finalist: Lovers Rock (Prime Video) – Mica Levi
Best Production Design: Mank (Netflix) – Donald Graham Burt
Finalist: A great woman (Kino Lorber) – Sergey Ivanov
New Generation Award: Radha Blank por Rapper at 40 (Netflix)
Best experimental film: John Gianvito for the documentary Her Socialist Smile
Award for an entire career: Hou Hsiao-Hsien y Harry Belafonte
Legacy award: Norman Lloyd
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