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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …