Director Ava DuVernay has built a name for herself telling a different story than the one we’ve been told about histories many want to forget. In her film “Selma,” DuVernay revisits the 1965 voting ...
Ava Marie DuVernay (born August 24, 1972) is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and former rapper. In the 1990s, DuVernay was active in the Los Angeles underground hip hop scene, performing ...
How a career pivot at age 32 led Ava DuVernay to become the first Black woman to direct a $100M film
There’s no doubt that Ava DuVernay has shaken up the film industry. She was the first Black woman to win the directing award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, to be nominated for Best Director ...
“Origin” is an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s acclaimed best-seller “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” It follows the author as she endures personal grief while investigating the global ...
“Origin” is finally in theaters nationwide and the film written, directed, and executive produced by Ava DuVernay is not to be missed. In it, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor stars as Pulitzer Prize-winning ...
Emmy winner Cicely Tyson has joined Ava DuVernay’s upcoming OWN series, Cherish the Day. Tyson will star alongside previously announced actors Xosha Roquemore and Alano Miller. She will the role of a ...
Academy Award-winning director Ava DuVernay and actresses Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Niecy Nash-Betts sat down with BLACK ENTERPRISE to share the underlying theme of their new film, "Origin." The movie ...
Director Ava DuVernay has disrupted Hollywood by telling and supporting stories that most likely would never get the big screen treatment. “Origin” fits that mold. DuVernay takes on the task of ...
NUEVA YORKNUEVA YORK — Ava DuVernay no dejaba de oír que tenía que leer “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” (“Casta: El origen de lo que nos divide”). Tenía el libro de Isabel Wilkerson incluso ...
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