2020 AFI Award Honorees

Yesterday, the American Film Institute announced the recipients of its 2020 AFI Awards. Among the musical honorees named on the list of AFI Movies of the Year are the adaptation of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and the Pixar animated feature Soul. Additionally, the live stage recording of Hamilton received a special award from the American Film Institute. Selections are made through a jury process where AFI Trustees, artists, critics, and scholars determine the year’s most outstanding achievements and provide artistic and cultural context for the selection of each honoree. AFI’s global Movie Club program will showcase the official selections in February, with the award tributes culminating in a virtual ceremony on Feb. 26 at AFI’s YouTube channel and homepage. For a full list of honorees, visit AFI.com.