NAMIC Announces Nominees for the 2024 Vision Awards

The NAMIC Vision Awards have recognized exceptional programming that reflects the diversity of global viewership for the past thirty years. Our commitment to educating, advocating, and empowering for multi-ethnic diversity in the communications industry has never wavered, and we are proud to acknowledge those who share our dedication.

Broadcast and cable networks, cable operators, syndicators, VOD content produced by cable and/or broadcast companies for web or mobile digital platforms, independent film/video production companies, and distributors were all eligible to apply for the 2024 NAMIC Vision Awards. The submissions underwent a rigorous review by a distinguished panel of judges, composed of media and entertainment industry leaders. The award winners will be announced by NAMIC in May. We are excited to present the nominees for the 2024 Vision Awards.

Animation

• Firebuds: Bayani Cookout – Disney Junior
• Jessica’s Big Little World – Cartoon Network
• Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow – Disney+
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder: Juneteenth – Disney+
• Young Love – HBO | Max

Best Performance – Comedy

• Ashleigh Murray: The Other Black Girl – Hulu/Onyx
• Brittany Adebumola: The Other Black Girl – Hulu/Onyx
• Emeraude Toubia: With Love – Prime Video
• Justina Machado: The Horror of Dolores Roach – Prime Video
• Marque Richardson: UnPrisoned – Hulu/Onyx

Best Performance – Drama

• Forest Whitaker: Godfather of Harlem – MGM+
• John Leguizamo: The Power – Prime Video
• Mia Isaac: Black Cake – Hulu
• Michole Briana White: BMF – STARZ
• Russell Hornsby: BMF – STARZ

Children’s

• American Born Chinese: What Guy Are You – Disney+
• Monster High 2 – Nickelodeon
• Saturdays: Going For Gold! – Disney Channel
• Sesame Street – Max
• The Crossover: Huddle Up – Disney+

Comedy

• Abbott Elementary – ABC
• Bob Hearts Abishola – CBS
• Harlem – Prime Video
• The Wonder Years – ABC
• UnPrisoned – Hulu/Onyx

Digital Media – Short Form

• Brave Spaces – PBS
• Ritual – PBS
• Stories from the Stage: Living with Cancer – WORLD
• “Voices of the Civil Rights Movement” — Interview with Gwendolyn Harris Middlebrooks: “Power of Unity: The Atlanta Student Movement” – Comcast NBCUniversal
• Women of the Earth – PBS

Documentary

• 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers – History
• Black + Iconic: Style Gods – BET
• Dear Mama – FX
• See it Loud: The History of Black Television – CNN Original Series and The SpringHill Company
• Sound of the Police – Hulu/ABC News Studios

Drama

• Found – NBC
• Grey’s Anatomy – ABC
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Paramount+
• Swagger – Apple TV+
• The Rookie – ABC

Lifestyle

• Bargain Block – HGTV
• City Eats: Atlanta – aspireTV
• Married to Real Estate – HGTV
• Searching for Soul Food – Hulu/Onyx
• Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi – Hulu

News/Informational

• ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis – Shiloh: Our Inheritance is Washing Away – ABC News
• America in Black – BET
• “Going Home: The War in Sudan” from The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper – CNN Worldwide
• “Homebirth Journey: Saving Black Moms” from The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper – CNN Worldwide
• National Day of Racial Healing Town Halls – MSNBC, Telemundo

Original Movie or Special

• Black Girl Missing – Lifetime
• Lawmen: Bass Reeves – Paramount+
• Mary J. Blige’s Real Love – Lifetime
• Shooting Stars – Peacock
• Quiz Lady – 20th Century Studios / Hulu

Reality

• CritterFixers: Country Vets: Ready, Vet, Go! – Nat Geo WILD
• Doubling Down with the Derricos – TLC
• Project Greenlight – HBO | Max
• Bet on Black (Season 3) – REVOLT x Target
• The Parent Test – ABC

Reality – Social Issues

• Like A Girl – Fuse TV
• OWN Spotlight: Oprah, Courtney B. Vance & Dr. Robin – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
• RapCaviar Presents – Hulu
• The 1619 Project – Hulu
• Un Cafecito Sin Nervios – Vme Media Inc.

Sports

• E60 Mayra – ESPN
• Generations – NBC Sports
• In Her Shoes: Wang Shuang – ESPN/ESPN+
• SportsCenter: Bigger Than Us – ESPN
• SC Featured: The Lone Wolves – ESPN

Variety/Talk Show

• Hart to Heart – Peacock
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! – ABC
• OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Kerry Washington – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
• The View – ABC News
• Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts: Community – Disney+

For more information on the 2024 Vision Awards, please contact Amy Kemp at amy.kemp@namic.com.