The NAACP Image Awards have been celebrating Black art for years. Hollywood is just catching up
LA TimesSix years ago, the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag shone a light on the lack of recognition and opportunities for artists of color in the film industry. “I think it’s always going to be important for the African American community to turn inward and pay tribute to the achievements that we make in the arts,” Bowser said. There’s always going to be a need for us to celebrate our own and that’s really what the Image Awards is about.” Following a year punctuated by a pandemic and worldwide calls for racial equity, the televised portion of this year’s NAACP Image Awards, airing on CBS, BET and several other CBSViacom cable networks Saturday at 8 p.m., will focus on themes of social justice and unity through a hybrid of live and pre-recorded content. “You will see traces of that in this year’s Image Awards, and it’s a tradition that we plan to continue in years to come.” “It’s been a year like none other,” said NAACP Vice Chair Karen Boykin-Towns. This year’s nominees for best motion picture are “Bad Boys For Life,” “Da 5 Bloods,” “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “One Night In Miami.,” while films recognized in other categories include “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” “Sylvie’s Love,” “The Old Guard,” “Soul,” “The Banker” and the documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble.” “Really amazing work was released during challenging circumstances this year,” said Boykin-Towns.
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