The 3rd Annual Celebration of Black Cinema honored the following:
- Delroy Lindo – Career Achievement Award
- John Legend – Producers Award
- Mike Jackson – Producers Award
- Chadwick Boseman – Performance of the Year Award
- Zendaya – NextGen Award
- John David Washington – NextGen Award
- Shaka King – Director Award
- Tessa Thompson – Actor Award
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – Breakthrough Award
- Kingsley Ben-Adir – Ensemble Award
- Eli Goree – Ensemble Award
- Aldis Hodge – Ensemble Award
- Leslie Odom, Jr. – Ensemble Award
- Andra Day – Special Honoree Award
- Tommie Smith – Social Justice Award
Hosted by Bevy Smith
Presenters included Nnamdi Asomugha, Lee Daniels, Michael Ealy, Dominique Fishback, Taraji P. Henson, Daniel Kaluuya, Jonathan Majors, Kemp Powers, Aaron Sorkin, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Williams, and George C. Wolfe.
