Awards

USA.

For the examplary ensemble acting of the whole team.

USA.

4th place

United States

Tied with Sargento Getúlio (1983).

For inspiring the New York community with his short film "New York New York" and for advocating for a better society through cinema.

4th Place.

"Spike Lee has been an outstanding warrior for equal rights while creating an iconic body of film and television work over his 30-year career. In BlacKkKlansman, Lee directs one of his best and most provocative films about an African-American detective and a white detective who are determined to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado Springs. It is our great honor to present the Career Achievement Award to Spike Lee."

New York University.

Based on the book by Ron Stallworth.

3rd place

8th place

6th place

2nd Place

6th place

This year's BFCC Pioneer Award is given to writer/director/producer/actor Spike Lee for his immense contributions in film and television this year with 'Blackkklansman', 'Pass Over', 'Nigerian Prince', 'Tales from the Hood 2' and the recent 'She's Gotta Have It' TV series. Lee has proved that perseverance, artistic integrity and unerring commitment to excellence and social relevance will always yield remarkable results. Since his debut film 'She's Gotta Have It' and socially relevant narrative film classics like 'Malcom X', 'Chi-Raq', '25th Hour', 'Jungle Fever', to extraordinarily powerful documentaries like '4 Little Girls' and 'When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts' Lee continues to prove that film can be a force for activism and expands the boundaries of what black filmmakers can achieve. Spike Lee embodies the very essence of the word Pioneer.

Tied with Red Wood Pigeon (1989)

Tied with Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

2nd place

3rd place