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*Last month, writer/director Ava DuVernay had a Barbie launched in her likeness, shared the stage with Meryl Steep at the Women in the World Summit, and visited the United Nations to announce that every high school in America will receive a free copy of her Oscar-nominated film ‘Selma.’ Today marks the launch of the campaign […]

(L-R) Actors Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey and Director Ava DuVernay participate in the press conference for Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ in Hollywood, CA on March 25, 2018 (Source: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images North America *Ava DuVernay has landed a second series at Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network. In addition to her series adaptation of the […]

*The New York Film Festival will break tradition this year and kick off the festivities with a documentary from director Ava DuVernay titled “The 13th.” The project will make its world premiere at the 54th New York Film Festival, set to take place September 30 – October 16 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. […]

Director Ava DuVernay of Queen Sugar speaks on “Ava DuVernay and the Cast of Queen Sugar” during Day Two of the Vulture Festival Presented By AT&T at Milk Studios on May 20, 2018 in New York City. *Moved by reports of immigrant children being separated from their families under the Trump Administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy, […]

Ava DuVernay and Anasia Obioha *A federal judge has dismissed a defamation suit against Netflix and Ava DuVernay over their Emmy-winning miniseries about the Central Park jogger case. We previously reported… John E. Reid and Associates, a police training firm, filed the suit last fall, alleging that the series “When They See Us” falsely […]

[…] scene is so saturated with clumsily delivered ‘believe in yourself’ mantras that it becomes monotonous, meaningless and even creepy,” wrote Gary Dowell of Dark Horizons. But director Ava DuVernay believes all this criticism simply boils down to racism. She singled out one white critic, Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan, who wrote about the “subtle, resonant” theme of […]

[…] Competition Shows Go for the Win in a Year with Two Olympics and a Super Bowl  “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Celebrates Final Season with Summer Olympic Fanfare   “This Is Us” Comes to an End with Its Sixth and Final Season,  Giving Fans an Uninterrupted Midseason Run  Ava DuVernay MONDAY: Multi-Platinum Global Recording Artist Ariana Grande Joins Iconic Coaches Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Blake Shelton and Host Carson Daly on Four-Time Emmy Award-Winning “The Voice,” Followed by the Debut of New What-If Drama “Ordinary Joe” at 10 P.M. TUESDAY: Tuesday’s Momentum Rides High with “The Voice” […]

Editors note: In an earlier version of this story, we we had Tyler Perry interviewing Ava DuVernay. It has been corrected to Ava DuVernay interviewing Tyler Perry. Ava DuVernay *Ava DuVernay is among the newest additions to PGA’s Produced By Conference, set for May 30-31 on the Paramount lot in Hollywood. The “Selma” producer-director will […]

Ava Duvernay gives her acceptance speech at 2020 Critics Choice Awards *Finally! Some respect and just as importantly, if not more, a WIN for Ava DuVernay and her critically acclaimed Netflix series, “When They See Us.” Even though the production was the most-nominated show at the 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards, nothing was guaranteed, seeing […]

Director Ava DuVernay attends the 22nd Annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on October 19, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. *Ava DuVernay’s film distribution company ARRAY was honored at the Los Angeles Film Festival with the Spirit of Independence award. DuVernay founded her company in 2010, […]

* Ava DuVernay’s “13th” exposes the historical facts why America loves to jail black Men. Her new Netflix documentary sheds light on the law that allows for the continuation of slavery in modern America, and she discusses this “loophole” in the 13th Amendment in a Complex interview with rapper and activist Pusha T. “Everybody knows […]

Bono and Ava DuVernay (Instagram) *Ava DuVernay got to spend some quality time with her musical idol, thanks to the generosity and connections of another one of her idols, Oprah Winfrey. The filmmaker has had a lifelong devotion to Irish rock star Bono and his group U2, so their mutual homegirl sprung into action, surprising her film “A Wrinkle […]

Photo credit: Photos by Ben Adams © 2022 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. / Courtesy of OWN. *The seventh and final season of Ava DuVernay’s award-winning drama series “Queen Sugar,” returned Tuesday, September 6 on OWN.   Based on the book by Natalie Baszile, the series, per Wiki, centers on the lives of three siblings in […]

Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, Ava DuVernay, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson and Antron McCay attend Netflix’x FYSEE event for “When They See Us” at Netflix FYSEE At Raleigh Studios on June 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (June 8, 2019 – Source: Getty Images North America) *The former prosecutor whose office oversaw the Central Park Five […]

Ava DuVernay accepts John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing presented by The GREAT Britain Campaign onstage at the 2017 AMD British Academy Britannia Awards Presented by American Airlines And Jaguar Land Rover at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 27, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. *Ava DuVernay, the director of Disney’s upcoming […]