Ava DuVernay

• Ava DuVernay talks ‘Origin,’ race, caste and ‘Band-Aids on broken bones’

  Ava Duvernay sat down with Global News to discuss her new film 'Origin' and how she wants audiences to come away with a 'common language' to talk about race and caste.

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  Jan 18, 2024
  
• Netflix, Ava DuVernay sued over ‘When They See Us’

  John E. Reid and Associates are suing Ava DuVernay and Netflix for their representation of the Reid technique, which they developed in the late 1940s.

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  Oct 15, 2019
  
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• Celebrities react to Donald Trump impeachment call: ‘Oh yes we can can can’

  Rosie O'Donnell posted a video on Twitter of herself in front of the TV with Nancy Pelosi's announcement, writing: "Oh yes we can can can !!! #ImpeachDonaldTrumpNOW."

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  Sep 25, 2019
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• ‘When They See Us’ actors revisit Central Park Five case

  The five young actors who play the accused in the first half of the series were horrified to learn details of the case and hope it can lead to changes in the judicial system.

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  May 31, 2019
• Gabrielle Union, Tracee Ellis Ross and more show support for Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

  Black women had to work through 2017 and up to Aug. 8, 2018, in order to make the same amount earned by white men in 2017 alone.

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  Aug 8, 2018
• Limited edition Barbie of director Ava DuVernay causes online frenzy

  A special edition "Ava" Barbie, modelled after famed Selma director Ava DuVernay, was snapped up on Mattel's site in under 20 minutes.

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  Dec 7, 2015
• 2014 another bad year for female filmmakers

  Only two of the 100 top-grossing movies of 2014 were directed by women -- Angelina Jolie's 'Unbroken' and Shana Feste's 'Endless Love.'

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  Dec 29, 2014