Black Reel Award for Outstanding Documentary

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Documentary. This award is given to the directors and was first awarded during the 2010 ceremony.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Multiple nominations

 * 3 Nominations
 * Stanley Nelson
 * Roger Ross Williams


 * 2 Nominations
 * Ava DuVernay
 * Liz Garbus
 * Alan Hicks
 * Spike Lee
 * Kevin Macdonald
 * Sam Pollard
 * Dawn Porter