Abraham Attah wins Best Male Lead at the 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Abraham Attah wins Best Male Lead at the 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
The 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards, broadcast live on IFC Saturday, February 27 at 2:00pm PT / 5:00pm ET with hosts Kumail Nanjiani and Kate McKinnon.
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[@galaxy1217]

The fact that the cast of this movie wasn't nominated for the Oscars is a travesty

[@justin33.44]

I love his smile! He looks so happy to be receiving such a prestigious award for his acting. That's awesome.

[@jackflannery7926]

Justin Awill I love his couce

[@chengchunghang106]

Seriously, what a genuine smile! A lot of people have to train to smile, but the way he walk up, smiling out of control and not sure whether to put his hands into his pocket is so adorable and lovely to watch!

[@awuraadwoa2875]

He made me cry. I'm so so so proud of you Abraham. God bless you.

[@dt4236]

He crushed it in Beasts of no nations, he displayed a greater range of emotions than most adult actors. Look at some of these useless ass actors like in game of thrones who pout and over act and then take a look at the final scene from beasts of no nations. I was litteraly like how da fuck is he doing that, I actually thought it was real for a moment :O

[@ZandeKongo]

I don't care about award shows but I'm glad he won, and how he and Idris didn't get nominated for an Oscar is weird.

[@Lexyboogie]

+TheoKabala89 I'll tell you why. The members of the Academy are scared shitless of this Netflix revolution that is going on. No way in hell were they going to recognize a movie that was brought to us largely via a streaming service, especially if it's in direct competition with the larger Hollywood caliber movies. Fukunaga deserved to be recognized with a best director nod at the very least, he almost died during the filming of this movie and had to go through so much crap during shooting.

[@MylesHubbard]

So what the explanation for Will Smith in Concussion, Michael B. Jordan in Creed, Ryan Coogler's director nod, F. Gary Gray's director nod for Straight Outta Compton, Jason Mitchell etc...? And fyi, Academy allows 10 nominees for Best Picture, yet they only filled 8 slots. Could have easily included Creed/ Straight Outta Compton or at least one. And Beasts of No Nation was really the first Netflix movie that got honored by major awards shows like Golden Globes, SAG, etc...they have no history of shunning based on some "Netflix bias". Hell, I remember Eddie Murphy won Golden Globe (which is usually an Oscar predictor) for Dreamgirls and was left out the Oscars, yet a guy who wasn't even nominated for a Golden Globe won instead of him. There's a pattern of selective exclusion, but it's not based on Netflix.

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

First of all, they don't have automatic 10 nominees for Best Picture anymore. That was only for the first two years of the expansion (2009, 2010). But now a film must get 5% of first-place rankings. This means that there could be between 5 and 10 films nominated. 2011, 2012, and 2013 had 9 Best Picture nominees, and 2014 and 2015 had 8. Who knows what will be next year? The reason they changed it was because in 2009 and 2010, they were forced to nominate exactly ten, which resulted in some dubious nominees. With the new 5% rule, the hope is that only the worthy films will receive a nod, even if it's just 5.

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

As for Best Actor, neither CONCUSSION nor Will Smith's performance were well-received, and the movie flopped. That really hurts an actor's chances. I agree that Michael B. Jordan was great in CREED, but there were other factors unrelated to his race -- his age and sex. Both male acting categories (Best Actor, Supporting Actor) are very competitive and skew older, compared with their female counterparts, who often get nominated (and win) for mediocre work and at such young ages. In other words, the Academy rarely nominates twentysomethings for Best Actor/Supporting Actor, and very few even win. For example, in the Academy's 88-year history, only one twentysomething has won Best Actor -- Adrien Brody for THE PIANIST (2002), and he barely made it, turning 30 two weeks later. Also, since 2000, only Brody (29), Heath Ledger in BROKEBACK MOUNTIAN (26), Ryan Gosling in HALF-NESLON (26), and Jesse Eisenberg in THE SOCIAL NETWORK (27) have been the only actors in their twenties to get a nomination. Only four. On the women's side, during the same time-frame, there have been 17 twentysmoethings, one teenager (13), and one child (9) who've been nominated for Best Actress. Five of them have won, more recently 26-year-old Brie Larson in ROOM. In fact, both last year's Best Actress (Larson) and Supporting Actress (Alicia Vikander, THE DANISH GIRL) winners were in their twenties, while Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio, THE REVENANT) and Supporting Actor (Mark Rylance, BRIDGE OF SPIES) are in their forties or fifties.

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

Yes, Eddie Murphy's loss for DREAMGIRLS was the ultimate upset, because he had nearly swept the industry awards. There are currently four precursor awards: Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, BFCA (aka Critics Choice), BAFTA. Murphy won the first three, while Alan Arkin (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) won BAFTA, then went on to win the Oscar. You also have to remember that Arkin was a veteran (72 at the time) and had two previous nominations (THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!, THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER), and has earned a subsequent nod (ARGO), whereas this was Murphy's first (and only so far). The Academy almost always awards the overdue veteran in the male supporting category.

[@justin33.44]

Look at that smile. You can tell he's so happy that he's receiving such a prestigious award for his acting. That's awesome.

[@JellyBabesXo1]

Why did the commentator say he's a street vendor? Why again are non Africans trying to paint such an image of children in Africa, not saying that that isn't what some African children do. But Attah was playing football when he was picked up to play this role. Smh the people behind should have been more respectful and done more research on him.

[@NtokozoMoyo]

+Melissa Mukasa Hahaha...I'm laughing because the way you phrased it all it just too accurate. I mean she didn't need to say that...

[@danielhernandez-vo9zc]

Melissa Mukasa doesn't matter he shits on 90% of Hollywood actors , I actually cried when I watched beast of no nations

[@IamVani_indu]

He did that one of the best movies I seen in 2015 and I didn't have to pay for it. I watched it like 3 times

[@salematujalloh5427]

What's the title of the movie I really want to watch it.

[@reginalaryea5587]

+salematu jalloh Beast of no Nation

[@salematujalloh5427]

Thank you Regina Laryea​♥

[@Luvie1980]

Awesome. I wish him all the luck!

[@Atlas24gh]

Foolish commentator. It's like in America they intentionally pick people that are ignorant about Africa to make stupid comments. What is street vendor in Africa. First of all the kid is from Ghana. Tema, Ghana. Secondly he was not a street vendor. He was picked up playing football in his school yard

[@JellyBabesXo1]

It's ignorance! They aren't bothered to have some respect and properly research him

[@txb870]

Honestly wanted to cry seeing how happy he was. Well deserved.

[@carolineonline1]

Well done sweetie!!

[@desireechick]

Congrats to Mr. Attah! Such a charming young man as well :)

[@ALLINCLUSIVE2k]

almost cried man.. beautiful to see young talent rise

[@ALLINCLUSIVE2k]

and idris elba is so happy for him

[@bronzestar87]

"Beast of No Nation", is a priceless 💎 on Netflix. Congratulations Abraham. 👍🏾👍🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@ruthezima2124]

" many are called but few are chosen." You are a chosen child Abraham. You are just so awesome I'm just speechless. God hands is upon you and he will order your steps. You are so blesssssed

[@SoSBxo]

Look at that smile! He just seems so happy and grateful. I hope he gets a lot of work in the future.

[@Abrewatia4]

Am proud of him, God bless him. Young and intelligent actor. Please someone should tell him that, he should always pray all the time, it's very important...

[@eosboss]

Awww lil boy...We're all Very Very proud of you. The sky is the beginning....

[@isabellasarfo6646]

Aw www Abraham's smile is sooooo cute

[@nanayaadufie3407]

Congrat Atta, indeed you deserve this award, your smile will take you far.....the sky cant be your limit

[@TrustNoOne_UK]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽...🙌🏾... proud Africa 🌍... proud Ghana 🇬🇭....

[@sukritisingh777]

He has pure talent, and a beautiful smile... I'm so glad he was recognized for his SUBLIME work on this film. Everyone from his movie looks so delighted and emotional...

[@spendylovekissiwaa7609]

Ghana is proud of u dear big up

[@katakyiekesse-tachi2641]

Congratulations Abraham! Ghana is soo proud of you. This's just the beginning. To God be all the Glory!

[@jianfeishao]

lovely

[@Suebee29]

Congrats, young man!

[@nanakukua3329]

Well done Kofi. Ghana is proud of you.

[@IzabelleManuel]

This made me so happy! Even with zero acting experience God had truly destined him for a phenomenal future! This is just the beginning for him! GH stand up!

[@JasperKenneth06]

i just watched the movie and went str8 here and im crying so hard now coz he was so good in it and he deserved this so much

[@snasod]

aww he made me cry. I am glad he won. Good to see him repping our country

[@joanamankwah4826]

Well done Abraham. Ghana is proud of you. Wishing you good luck all the way

[@gaelgarciabarchive]

well-deserved!

[@lisatouyon1456]

So happy for him. May God bless him

[@sarataomane2561]

Congratulations Abraham. You will go places

[@titiowo7083]

he is a young Street vendee from Africa like he sells in 54 countries on a continient. tshhew

[@hazeddon]

titi owo Lol, I think I found the Nigerian. But real talk though, they couldn't do us the courtesy of at least saying which country? Shit like that pisses me off to no end.

[@AnaMaria-ei8ib]

He also wasn't even discovered that way

[@mamac9877]

beautiful smile

[@jelyanainthekitchen7020]

The best movie Ive ever seen so genuine

[@jdiaz92324]

I don't know this made me smile so much.

[@isaacobeng9577]

what are they talking about? Great speech. A great speech is in the applause from the audience. They loved it!

[@dolli818]

Congrats Abraham! You did an amazing job!

[@mensahcarrelle]

Fantastic young actor !

[@alexkavanagh2051]

What a gem ❤️

[@hangoutwithme346]

What a special soul 🙏

[@Bruh-up6hx]

I absolutely love the movie Beasts of no Nation an absolute masterpiece! Congratulations to you young Abraham :)

[@gracyselly9158]

Aaaw ain't he cute😊🙌🏿 God bless him

[@humanitygonetofinish5783]

Abrahim atta can sing well his voice tissu are sweet and full with melody. I m sure if he will try to sing he can sing well and no body can stop to him be a singing star of coming time

[@vengeance5020]

What a beautiful and sad movie it was

[@dakritic]

Amazing film! Well deserved.

[@lydiaindoom5983]

i like your smile great job done

[@GhlonghairStar]

Glory be to God!! This is indeed marvelous!

[@danielhernandez-vo9zc]

How does your commandant look?

[@RandyMarshhhh]

daniel hernandez alright SIR

[@Marie305_]

ALRIGHT SIR lol

[@nicolea6713]

Represent 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

[@monsieurcandie8894]

God Bless Him and God bless Africa!!!

[@YalaMan01]

I'm so proud from Nigeria. How I'm i seeing this now?

[@tosindaniels3653]

Awwww the smile

[@afiadufie6924]

awwwww so cute u can tell he is a ghanaian straight away forget abt the last name lol go Abraham love u #ghana

[@aaronpaul1595]

God bless him.

[@mistermain2277]

Just saw the movie on netflix. It is an amazing movie and realy underrated

[@Rere-sx5fr]

I love him

[@dlamptey2013]

God bless u boy

[@johnnythreefour2902]

Wait, so this kid was a street vendor in Africa before this? Pretty amazing, the definition of a natural.

[@flourishersdomicilium1837]

Be blessed!

[@corneliuslogosudi9908]

My favorite scene was when they were trying to sell the Nigerian soldier their fantasy TV and did the 3D thing. Awesome.

[@unuminregnodei]

The best movie!

[@suriatherobloxian1881]

He's perfect to be the ultimate spider-man in spiderman homecoming

[@Rexfordkrampa1]

like the way he was laughing

[@lumi2085]

would you look at this precious baby!

[@whatsmyname1288]

Should have had stryka up on stage with agu

[@danielhernandez-vo9zc]

Fuck the oscars they're all about popularity and not about the real actors that make you feel those emotions you should be feeling when you watch a good movie, beast of no nation 10/10

[@Auntkekebaby]

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

[@jakeross1484]

If he could nail a Brooklyn accent, he would be the perfect miles morales

[@ReactwithRandy]

He is from ghana his accent gave it away.

[@Lexyboogie]

+jiggar22 Lol, you didn't think it was his last name that gave it away?

[@Jennifer-qy5dy]

Attah Nii, ayekoo. Oyiwaladon!

[@robertkabuteyassem3806]

NEVER BLAME ANYBODY FOR YOUR MISTAKES.

[@sadewilliams9992]

He is too cute

[@gutterbaby8382]

Why hasn't this kid landed more roles since this film? This is a big award that he won, and he's kinda been forgotten by Hollywood since winning it. Absolute bullshit.

[@muniraiddriss8918]

woooooow

[@izzyking156]

he looks so much old here ( like 13 ) and looks like 10 - 11 in the movie

[@Obosii]

Haha! Good lad. :)

[@priscillaquansah2772]

Wow

[@badfoody]

Agu... you are still alive?

[@FernandoGonzalezJay]

where is Julianne Moore????!?

[@lauryn3706]

Africa is a continent smh, but this was an amazing movie and he is an amazing actor.

[@mmitch27]

Glad he won but Jacob Tremblay wasn't nominated for anything?!! Should have won Best Supporting Actor by a mile

[@desireechick]

+Mairi Mitchell Hmmm, that's too bad, 'cause Jacob's performance was one of my faves of the year.

[@rylengamo5957]

Miles Morales casting brought u here didnt they

[@boakyejoe9984]

if the favour of God is at work....please forget about your level of education....God bless you Abraham attah.

[@kajilai]

It wasn't that bad; this is his first time cut him some slack abaa. ghanafuo kasa

[@kabongahamisi500]

Agu