Filmmaker Ava DuVernay accomplishes another goal and becomes the first black woman to grace Ben & Jerry’s ice cream pints. The ‘Lights! Caramel! Action!’ ice cream is made of vanilla ice cream with salted caramel and graham cracker swirls and chocolate chip cookie dough pieces. The ice cream is also …
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Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing Company Has Partnered With JetBlue Airways To Create An In-Flight Channel To Connect Flyers With Indie Films [Video]
Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing is launching a pop-up channel featuring 12 indie films on JetBlue Airways. Starting Thursday, JetBlue will be including an in-flight channel for Array’s indie films to showcase to “connect audiences with indie cinema.” “Over the years, I’ve experienced transformative moments by watching films while flying. Something …
Read More »Ava DuVernay Is Not Surprised By Golden Globes Voting Committee Having Zero Black Members
Hollywood producer Ava DuVernay says that she is not surprised that there are no Black members on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. According to a new report by the Los Angeles Times, which was published on Sunday, the group of 87 international journalists who chooses the nominees and winners of …
Read More »Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Alliance Launches ARRAY Crew To Promote Below-The-Line Diversity
Ava DuVernay has officially launched ARRAY Crew, a personnel database created to highlight women, people of color, and other underrepresented below-the-line crew members in Hollywood. Changing the narrative is one of DuVernay’s goals as a creative, and her latest movement in that mission is the launch of ARRAY Crew. ARRAY …
Read More »Ava DuVernay Opens Up About Diveristy and Women In Film — “I Had No Idea A Black Woman Could Be A Director”
It’s hard to believe that Ava DuVernay, the Oscar nominee for Selma and 13th, wasn’t a filmmaker until she was in her 30’s. But now, the Queen Sugar director is dedicated to making sure girls from all backgrounds around the world have the opportunities she didn’t. In celebration of the …
Read More »George Clooney, Ava DuVernay, LeBron James and More React To The Grand Jury’s Breonna Taylor Decision
Facts are facts, no matter where you are geographically. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has rightfully received the criticism he deserved. For one, he supported the decision not to charge Breonna Taylor’s killers with murder, and two, he had the audacity to tell the people of Kentucky to watch out …
Read More »Colin Kaepernick’s High School Years To Be The Focus Of New Netflix Series From Ava DuVernay
A limited series about Colin Kaepernick’s high school years is coming to Netflix. Kaepernick has teamed up with Ava DuVernay to create a six-episode scripted series, titled, Colin in Black & White. The series will focus on Kaepernick’s formative years and provide a look into the acts and experiences that …
Read More »Hundreds Of Black Artists Like Gabrielle Union, Sterling K. Brown, Trevor Noah, Ava DuVernay, And More, Call For The Disassociation From Police When It Comes to Their Work/Cultural Industries
As protests continue to take place nationwide in response to the death of #GeorgeFloyd who died at the hands of the police, hundreds of black entertainers are calling on cultural industries to cut ties with the police. In a newly released statement, numerous celebrities joined forces to urge arts organizations …
Read More »‘When They See Us’ Director Ava DuVernay Launches Initiative to Bring Attention To Police Brutality
Director Ava Duvernay will be starting the Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP), which will fund 25 projects over the next two years through DuVernay’s Array Alliance nonprofit. The project will start off with a budget of $3 million given by contributors such as Ford Foundation and Ryan Murphey, screenwriter-producer for …
Read More »Oprah Winfrey To Host Two-Day Town Hall On Race With Stacey Abrams, Ava DuVernay, Keisha Lance Bottoms, and More
Oprah Winfrey, a figure who has been known to tackle race, will be hosting a two-day town hall on systematic racism in America. The program, titled OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?” will feature Winfrey in conversation with numerous politicians, actions, activists, etc., to talk through what’s going …
Read More »Ava DuVernay To Executive Produce New Docuseries, “And She Could Be Next,” About Women Of Color In The Political Landscape
Ava DuVernay is executive producing a two-part docuseries that highlights women of color who are leading the charge in politics. According to Deadline, the docuseries, titled, And She Could Be Next, was directed by Peabody Award-winner Grace Lee and Iranian documentary filmmaker Marjan Safinia. It is set to debut on …
Read More »Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Alliance Foundation Launches $250,000 Grant Program That Will Cater To Women And Creatives Of Color Working To Create Cultural Change
Ava DuVernay’s nonprofit organization ARRAY Alliance has launched a $250,000 initiative that will give $10,000 grants to organizations and creatives who are working to provide a platform for underrepresented stories through media. On Tuesday, DuVernay’s foundation announced the birth of ARRAY grants, the organization’s new grant program that will assist …
Read More »Ava DuVernay & Netflix Win ‘When They See Us’ Defamation Suit; Judge Dismisses Battle Over Interrogation Scene
Netflix and Ava DuVernay won the defamation suit filed by an ex-prosecutor who was portrayed in the Emmy-nominated miniseries When They See Us, according to Deadline. A federal judge dismissed the case on Monday (March 23). “Because the First Amendment protects non-factual assertions (and because neither defendant’s Ava DuVernay nor …
Read More »Netflix and Ava DuVernay Sued By Real Life Prosecutor Central Park 5 Case Over “When They See Us”
Linda Fairstein, the prosecutor who helped put the now-vindicated Central Park 5 in jail, is suing Netflix and director Ava DuVernay over her portrayal in When They See Us. According to TMZ, Fairstein filed the federal suit earlier today, claiming she fired off a warning to DuVernay before her series …
Read More »Ava DuVernay Is Throwing A Free Election-Themed Movie Marathon On Super Tuesday, Will Feature Films By People Of Color And Voter Registration Forms For Attendees
Ava DuVernay is throwing a free, election-themed movie marathon at her ARRAY Campus to encourage and educate the community about voting, right on time for #SuperTuesday. “For the People” is DuVernay’s election-themed movie marathon series that will feature five political films from around the world that are directed by people …
Read More »Author Stephen King Under Fire For Comments About Diversity In The Academy: Ava DuVernay, Cynthia Erivo And More React
Author Stephen King recently took to Twitter to share his thoughts on diversity in the Academy that nominates and chooses awards for the Oscars. “As a writer, I am allowed to nominate in just 3 categories: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay,” he wrote. “For me, the …
Read More »Ava DuVernay’s Film Company Will Release Its First Netflix Series, ”They’ve Gotta Have Us,” Documenting Iconic Black Films & Filmmakers
Congratulations are in order for Array, as the film collective founded by Ava DuVernay in 2010 has acquired its first series. The company is dedicated to profiling people of color and women in the film industry. “They’ve Gotta Have Us” will premiere on Netflix, and will document art, activism, and …
Read More »Ava DuVernay Will Receive Showman of the Year Award at 57th Annual ICG Publicists Awards
Ava DuVernay will be receiving the Television Showman of the Year at the 57th Annual ICG Publicist Awards in 2020. “Ava DuVernay is the talented force behind some of the most acclaimed works in television and film. Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Ava was an entertainment publicist for 12 years …
Read More »Ava DuVernay Sued By Police Interrogation Firm Over Technique Highlighted In Netflix Series “When They See Us”
A police interrogation firm has sued filmmaker Ava DuVernay over the interrogation scene included in the hit limited series “When They See Us.” On Monday, the company responsible for creating a controversial interrogation technique filed a lawsuit against Duvernay, claiming it was defamed in the Netflix series. John E. Reid …
Read More »Ava DuVernay Says ‘There’s No Truth’ To Trump’s Latest Central Park Five Comments
When Donald Trump recently refused to apologize for calling for the execution of five wrongly convicted black and brown men, Director of “When They See Us,” Ava DuVernay said, “It’s expected.” “There’s nothing he says or does in relation to this case or the lives of black people or people …
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