*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 ...

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 ...

*Ava DuVernay, well known for her critically acclaimed film “Selma,” is also a master moviemaker when it comes to documentaries. “Compton in C Minor” back in 2007 is among DuVernay’s first ...

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 mass incarceration of black people in the United States is an ongoing problem. Jay Z recently addressed it in a video for The New York Times, and now Ava DuVernay is tackling the subject in her ...

How busy is director Ava DuVernay? Really, really busy. So busy that the only time she could sit down for our interview was a Saturday afternoon. And the night before, she had been shooting Disney's A ...

In just over 90 minutes, DuVernay traces the decisions, going as far back as the end of slavery, that led to the creation of the monstrosity known as the prison-industrial complex—and, thus, explains ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ava DuVernay may be the first black female director to be Oscar-nominated for a documentary, but it's not something she is especially happy about. Like her film, "13th," which ...

"Our America: Hidden Stories with Ava DuVernay" sheds light on the interconnected issues of caste while drawing from themes in her film "ORIGIN." Sunday, July 14, 2024 The ABC Owned Television ...

Ava DuVernay has slammed Donald Trump’s re-election as U.S. president, in spite of a criminal charges against him, saying that black people arrested on smaller crimes land years of jail time. The ...