NAACP Image Awards: Season 2022, Episode 1 - ProjectFreeTV

2022 - 1: 53rd Annual NAACP Image Awards

Will be hosted by seven-time NAACP Image Awards Winner Anthony Anderson.

Academy Award-nominated actor and producer Samuel L. Jackson will receive the prestigious Chairman's Award.

Entertainer of the Year nominees: Jennifer Hudson, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion, Regina King, Tiffany Haddish  

Outstanding Motion Picture: Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures), King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures), Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing), The Harder They Fall (Netflix), The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu Original / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Entertainment / Roth-Krischenbaum Films)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth (Apple TV+ / A24), Jonathan Majors - The Harder They Fall (Netflix), LaKeith Stanfield - Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros. Pictures), Mahershala Ali - Swan Song (Apple TV+), Will Smith - King Richard (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Andra Day - The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu Original / New Slate Ventures / Lee Daniels Entertainment / Roth-Krischenbaum Films), Halle Berry - Bruised (Netflix), Jennifer Hudson - Respect (Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing), Tessa Thompson - Passing (Netflix), Zendaya - Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)