Stop Asking Black Talent These Questions About Their Work
Filmmakers like Barry Jenkins are getting tired of being asked narrow-minded questions about Blackness. Here’s an avoidance guide.
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Warner Bros. Drops Ava DuVernay’s DC Film ‘New Gods’ and Won’t Revive It Without Her
James Wan’s “The Trench” isn’t moving forward, either.
Ava DuVernay: True Success for Inclusive ARRAY Crew Database Will Be When It’s No Longer Needed
SXSW: The personnel database for diverse below-the-line crew is only a month old, but ARRAY founder DuVernay is already looking forward to when it becomes “obsolete.”
HFPA Promises New Diversity Efforts After Golden Globes Scandal, Time’s Up Remains Skeptical
Ava DuVernay also questioned the Hollywood Foreign Press after the organization, plagued by scandal, announced inclusion efforts on social media.
Ava DuVernay, Gal Gadot, Sandra Oh Among Additional Presenters at Golden Globes
DuVernay was critical of the Hollywood Foreign Press for not having any Black members in the voting body.
Ava DuVernay to Adapt Bestselling Nonfiction Book ‘Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents’ for Netflix
The acclaimed book explores social stratification in the U.S. by comparing it to India and Nazi Germany’s caste systems.
Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, and More Eviscerate Trump for Failing to Condemn White Supremacists
“I want to live in a country where my President is not afraid to call white supremacists and Nazis racists thugs and terrorists,” Ruffalo wrote on social media.
Viola Davis, Kerry Washington, and More React to Breonna Taylor Verdict: ‘A Bullshit Decision’
Jordan Peele, Ava DuVernay, and more Hollywood voices have all advocated for the arrests of the officers who killed Taylor in March.
Criterion President Says Lack of Black Directors in Collection Is Harmful: ‘We Have to Fix That’
Ava DuVernay says the Criterion Collection has contributed to “cinema segregation in the art-house circuit.”
One Perfect Shot Twitter Account Inspires New HBO Max Series from Ava DuVernay
Each episode will find a director breaking down his or her best shot, plus discussing the best shots in film history.
Colin Kaepernick Sets Netflix Original Series with Ava DuVernay Based on His Life
Writing on the six-episode original series was completed in May.
Barry Jenkins, Ava DuVernay, and Many More Join to Form Black Artists for Freedom Collective
More than 1,000 artists are standing together, on the occasion of Juneteenth, to call upon creative industries to make changes for Black voices.
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