Ava DuVernay is a titan of modern Hollywood, paving the way as a director, producer, and writer with her groundbreaking work ...

Ava DuVernay has risen as a powerful force in Hollywood, especially when it comes to historical narratives. Her work is ...

Ahead of Queen Sugar’s final season, creator/director Ava DuVernay was honored with the key to the city of New Orleans. OWN’s hit drama Queen Sugar has just wrapped up filming its final season ...

In a live on-stage interview with Q's Tom Power at the Banff World Media Festival, James reflects on his life and career.

“We were told, ‘You probably shouldn’t do that.’ ‘That’s not going to work.’ But we did it anyway.” Ava DuVernay is smiling, but there’s a steeliness to her words. The director ...

Ava DuVernay felt a sense of urgency around sharing the message of ‘Origin’ and brought the conversation straight to the Washington, DC, and those tasked with creating the nation’s laws.

When Oprah Winfrey encouraged Bafta and Golden Globe-winning US director Ava DuVernay to read Isabel Wilkerson's Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents, she wasn't in the right "space".

Ava DuVernay (Maya Iman) In the space of less than a decade, DuVernay has distinguished herself as a voice of her generation, weighing in on the Black American experience, ...

TheWrap magazine: "It’s the skin on a skeleton. The skeleton is caste,” DuVernay says, discussing her new drama that digs into the root of inequality The post Ava DuVernay on Her New Movie ...

Ava DuVernay couldn’t get traditional financing for “Origin,” based on the book “Caste.” But the Ford Foundation, Melinda Gates and other philanthropists were willing to help.

Ava DuVernay’s new feature film, adapted from the Isabel Wilkerson book “Caste,” turns the journalist into a character who examines oppression. Skip to content Skip to site index.

Ava DuVernay is smiling, but there’s a steeliness to her words. The director, writer and producer is no stranger to carving her own path. With “Origin,” her latest film, ...