Aunjanue Ellis to Lead Ava DuVernay’s ‘Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents’ Adaptation
The “King Richard” Oscar nominee will star in writer-director DuVernay’s adaptation of the best-selling nonfiction book.
The “King Richard” Oscar nominee will star in writer-director DuVernay’s adaptation of the best-selling nonfiction book.
The news comes 12 years after DuVernay’s feature directorial debut “I Will Follow” screened at the festival.
“It is unacceptable to ask any person to choose between their human rights and their employment,” the letter states following the Supreme Court overturn of Roe v. Wade.
From period pieces to crime dramas, these series made the most of their predetermined, one-and-done format.
DuVernay hosts and executive produces the docuseries, featuring films like “Heat” and “Crazy Rich Asians.”
Showrunner Roberto Patino’s limited series about a mother searching for her son within a Manhattan war zone refuses to give into our worst impulses.
Academy governor DuVernay calls attention to how exclusion “has a particular and heightened meaning to many” — and not just those Oscar nominees affected by the recent category shake-up.
“As filmmakers, we’re the grungiest.”
The “Monsoon Wedding” and “Mississippi Masala” director spoke about some of the positive changes she’s seen over the last 18 months during a Q&A with Ava DuVernay.
“Colin in Black and White” can feel sentimental and blunt in a way that feels as disparate as those two terms.
Ava Duvernay’s upcoming limited series will explore Colin Kaepernick’s high school years, examining issues such as race, class, and culture.
The iconoclastic filmmaker, whose career spans five decades, reflects on his “lifetime struggle” to survive in an environment that insists on him being anything but himself.