Ava DuVernay
BitchTapes: Honoring “A Wrinkle In Time”
This BitchTape is full of songs about how we can all be the greatest version of ourselves.
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Slavery Never Ended: Prison as Punishment in “13th”
13th looks at the legacy of slavery in the United States and how it led to the imprisonment of 2.3 million people.
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Holy Tesseracts! Ava DuVernay Will Direct "A Wrinkle in Time" Film
Disney is producing the film based on the beloved science-fantasy series, which centers on protagonist Meg Murry.
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Praise for "Losing Ground" and Black Female Film Pioneers Is Long Overdue
Early Black female filmmakers made movies that resisted the very foundations of American cinema.
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Ava DuVernay at SXSW: "King Was a Badass Who’s Been Homogenized."
“Serving the story” can be an empty Hollywood cliché, but Selma director Ava DuVernay brought the concept alive with passion and insight in her SXSW Film keynote speech.
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Serena and Venus Williams' Powerful Protest Against Racist Tennis Culture
The past year saw numerous displays of political protest at in professional athletics.
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It's No Surprise That the Oscars Snubbed "Selma"
Oh hello, best director nominees.
The snubbing of director Ava DuVernay’s historical drama, Selma, at the Golden Globes and at the Oscars is troubling—especially to... Read more »
Listen to the Song That Ties Together "Selma"
I just watched Selma last night and loved it. The film opens nationwide this weekend and one of the best moments is at the very end, when the song Glory kicks in right as the credits start rolling.
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Ava Duvernay on "Selma" and Telling the Stories of Black Women
In all of her films, director Ava Duvernay creates nuanced portraits of reality—portraits where strength blends with loss and composure blends with instability.
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"Selma" is Now
“Selma” is one of the most effective, well-crafted historical biopics that I’ve ever seen because it goes off the traditional narrative about the Civil Rights Movement, giving us a moment in history that feels immediately familiar to the moment we are currently living in.
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