HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES -- Long before Ava Duvernay earned an Oscar nomination for directing "Selma," and even before she was making movies at all, she was a Los Angeles publicist who championed small ...

2017 ESSENCE Festival Speaker Ava DuVernay’s powerful Netflix documentary, 13th, sheds light on an inhumane clause in the 13th amendment of the United States constitution that essentially legalizes ...

The abolitionist movement reshaped history—and this quick breakdown shows how. From its roots in moral and humanitarian ...

*Ava DuVernay’s “13th” exposes the historical facts why America loves to jail black Men. Her new Netflix documentary sheds light on the law that allows for the continuation of slavery in modern ...