AwardsWatch - ava duvernay

First look at Ramin Bahrani’s ‘The White Tiger’ from producers Ava DuVernay and Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Erik Anderson October 15, 2020

New from Netflix today is the first look at Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger, starring Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jones and produced... Read More

TIFF adds Special Events, ‘In Conversation With…’ including Barry Jenkins with Claire Denis, Ava DuVernay, Saoirse Ronan and more

Erik Anderson August 25, 2020

TIFF Co-Heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente announced today additional TIFF programming for audiences to enjoy as part of TIFF 2020. In Conversation With… talks,... Read More

Slamdance winner, Venice selection ‘Residue,’ from ARRAY and Ava DuVernay, will hit Netflix in September

Erik Anderson August 20, 2020

Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing independent film collective, which amplifies the creative voices of people of color and women of all kinds, will premiere Merawi Gerima’s striking... Read More

HBO Max greenlights ‘One Perfect Shot’ docuseries exec produced and narrated by Ava DuVernay

Erik Anderson August 7, 2020

HBO Max has greenlit a new docuseries celebrating iconic movie moments guided by Hollywood’s most exhilarating cinematic voices. One Perfect Shot, a half-hour unscripted series executive produced... Read More

Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing to Launch Merawi Gerima’s RESIDUE on Netflix in September

Erik Anderson July 28, 2020

Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing presents RESIDUE, directed, written, produced and edited by first-time feature filmmaker Merawi Gerima. After its world premiere at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival, RESIDUE... Read More

Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick team up for Netflix series based on Kaepernick’s high school years

Erik Anderson June 29, 2020

The adolescent life of all-star athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick will come to television screens around the world in Colin in Black & White, a... Read More

Oscars: Academy elects Ava DuVernay to Board of Governors; re-ups Whoopi Goldberg, increases women and people of color numbers

Erik Anderson June 10, 2020

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2020–2021 Board of Governors. The governors will take office at the first regularly... Read More

Gotham Awards: Ava DuVernay and Sam Rockwell to receive tributes

Erik Anderson September 12, 2019

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), announced today that Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning director Ava DuVernay will receive the Director Tribute and Academy Award® and... Read More

2019 Emmys: How Ava DuVernay could make Emmy history with ‘When They See Us’

Amanda Spears September 9, 2019

In July, Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us, a four-part series about the Central Park 5 (now the Exonerated 5), received a massive 16 Emmy... Read More

TV Review: Netflix’s ‘When They See Us’ is a career-defining work from Ava DuVernay

Erik Anderson May 29, 2019

Ava DuVernay has given us the most vital examination of the downward effects of systematic oppression to African-Americans since Roots 1989 was a culturally and... Read More

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