Moonlight, Beyoncé among early NAACP Image Award winners

The winners of the non-televised categories were announced Friday.

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Moonlight, Beyoncé’s Lemonade, The People v. O.J. Simpson, and Black-ish are among the winners already announced from the NAACP Image Awards ahead of the televised ceremony on Saturday.

During a gala dinner held at the Pasadena Conference Center on Friday, the honorees of 47 non-televised categories across film, television, music, and literature were revealed.

Moonlight earned four wins: Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali), Independent Motion Picture, Writing, and Directing (Barry Jenkins). ABC’s Black-ish and FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson topped the television categories with three wins each, while Beyoncé earned five — including Female Artist, Music Video (“Formation”), Album (Lemonade), and Song (“Freedom”).

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, who became the first woman of color to make a $100 million movie with Disney’s A Wrinkle In Time, also won for both her Netflix prison reform documentary, 13th, and her television series, Queen Sugar, which flaunts an all-female roster of directors.

The remaining nine categories, including Entertainer of the Year, will be announced during the two-hour telecast on TV One beginning at 9 p.m. ET Saturday night.

See the non-televised category winners below.

Television categories

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Laurence Fishburne – Black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Tichina Arnold – Survivor’s Remorse (Starz)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Jussie Smollett – Empire (FOX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Naturi Naughton – Power (Starz)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited-Series, or Dramatic Special: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series, or Dramatic Special: Courtney B. Vance – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series, or Dramatic Special: Regina King – American Crime (ABC)

Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special): BET Love and Happiness White House Special (BET)

Outstanding Talk Series: Steve Harvey (Syndicated)

Outstanding Reality Program/Reality Competition Series: Iyanla: Fix My Life (OWN)

Outstanding Variety (Series or Special): 2016 Black Girls Rock (BET)

Outstanding Children’s Program: An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win (Amazon)

Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-Series): Marsai Martin – Black-ish (ABC)

Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety Program (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble: Roland S. Martin – NewsOne Now with Roland S. Martin (TV One)

Recording categories

Outstanding New Artist: Chance the Rapper (Chance the Rapper)

Outstanding Male Artist: Maxwell (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Female Artist: Beyoncé (Columbia Records)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration: “Freedom” – Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)

Outstanding Jazz Album: Latin American Songbook – Edward Simon (Sunnyside)

Outstanding Gospel Album (Traditional or Contemporary): One Way – Tamela Mann (Tillymann, Inc.)

Outstanding Music Video: “Formation” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records/ParkwoodEntertainment)

Outstanding Song – Traditional: “I See A Victory” – Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams (I Am Other/Columbia Records)

Outstanding Album: Lemonade – Beyoncé (Columbia Records/ParkwoodEntertainment)

Outstanding Song – Contemporary: “Freedom” – Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment)

Literature categories

Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction: The Book of Harlan – Bernice L. McFadden (AkashicBooks)

Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction: Hidden Figures – Margot Lee Shetterly (HarperCollinsPublishers/William Morrow)

Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author: Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood –Trevor Noah (Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography: Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood –Trevor Noah (Random House)

Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional: The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage – Daymond John (Author), Daniel Paisner (With), (Crown Business/The Crown Publishing Group)

Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry: Collected Poems: 1974-2004 – Rita Dove (W. W. Norton & Company)

Outstanding Literary Work – Children: Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas – Gwendolyn Hooks (Author), Colin Bootman (Illustrator) (Lee & Low Books)

Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens: As Brave As You – Jason Reynolds (Simon & Schuster (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books))

Motion Picture categories

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight (A24)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Viola Davis – Fences (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture: Moonlight (A24)

Documentary categories

Outstanding Documentary – (Film): 13TH (Netflix)

Outstanding Documentary – (Television): Roots: A New Vision (History)

Writing categories

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: Kenya Barris – Black-ish – Hope (ABC)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: Ava DuVernay – Queen Sugar – First Things First (OWN)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Television): Charles Murray – Roots – Night 3 (History)

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film): Barry Jenkins – Moonlight (A24)

Directing categories

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Donald Glover – Atlanta – Value (FX)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: John Singleton – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story – The Race Card (FX)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Television): Rick Famuyiwa – Confirmation (HBO)

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film): Barry Jenkins – Moonlight (A24)

Animated or Computer Generated Image (CGI) category

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Film): Idris Elba – The Jungle Book (Walt Disney Studios)

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