Mattel has turned Ava DuVernay into a Barbie doll. According to reports, Barbie revealed that they’re honoring six “Sheroes–” women who inspire girls by “breaking…
Ava DuVernay, director of the seminal film, “Selma” (which will be distributed to every single high school in the country) and the first African American…
Goodness gracious, would you just look at them?! Essence’s May cover features all of our faves at once: Issa Rae, Shonda Rhimes, Mara Brock Akil,…
Source: Heather Kennedy/Getty Images / Getty Selma director Ava DuVernay delivered a keynote speech at the 2015 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival, where she discussed her Oscar…
Black Women are taking over… Anika Noni Rose has been tapped as the lead in the new CBS legal drama “For Justice” and if that…
Movie directors rarely make red carpet best-dressed lists but Ava Duvernay is a glowing exception. The “Selma” director has cemented her status as an emerging…
Days before the nation acknowledges the 50 years that have passed since peaceful civil rights demonstrators were brutality beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a new…
When it comes to black films who are the Power Players? From Spike Lee to Tyler Perry African Americans are rising to the top in Hollywood. The African-American filmmakers on the list have spent their lives and careers dealing with a double-edged sword: being a successful black director means some people just want them to […]
After failing to bring home any best picture wins at the Golden Globe Awards or the Critics Choice Awards, Selma did not win an Academy…
The Academy Awards have no problem honoring historical dramas, period pieces or scripts “based on a true story,” but has such admiration for these themes…
Ava Duvernay, whom many feel was snubbed for a Best Director nomination at this year’s Academy Awards, said that she would like to stop discussing…
