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  1. Directors Ava DuVernay and Ryan Coogler Want to Transform WorldsHow the two directors brought a fresh point of view to their big blockbusters, A Wrinkle in Time and Black Panther.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  2. trailer mix
    Watch the First Trailer for A Wrinkle in TimeOprah! Reese! Mindy!
    By Kyle Buchanan
  3. vulture festival la 2017
    Ava DuVernay and Ryan Coogler Are Making Movies They Wish They’d Seen at Age 10“That’s the reason I did this,” Ava DuVernay said.
    By Diane Gordon
  4. new yorker festival 2017
    Ava DuVernay Is Not Sure If You’re Going to Like A Wrinkle in Time“You’re seeing worlds being built from the point of view of a black woman from Compton.”
    By Trupti Rami
  5. winners list
    Here Are Your Winners for the 2017 Creative Arts Emmy AwardsCarpool Karaoke, Seth MacFarlane, RuPaul, and Shark Tank all won for the second year in a row.
    By David Canfield
  6. Ava DuVernay Is Developing a TV Adaptation of Octavia Butler’s DawnFor the first time, the sci-fi author’s work may make it to TV.
    By Jackson McHenry
  7. first looks
    A Wrinkle in Time First Look Reveals Oprah As a Stunning Celestial BeingAlso Chris Pine as a very hot Mr. Murry.
    By Jackson McHenry
  8. the industry
    Ava DuVernay Is Directing a Netflix Mini-series About the Central Park FiveThe limited series will be co-produced in part by Oprah Winfrey.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  9. Issa Rae to Write a Buddy Comedy Starring Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’oA movie idea that developed on Twitter is turning into a reality thanks to Netflix. According to Entertainment Weekly, the streaming network […]
    By Megh Wright
  10. Ava DuVernay Gives a Moving Tribute to Her Aunt and the Power of Representation“I understood deeply at that young age that as a black girl, as a black woman, movies affected the way I saw myself.”
    By Jada Yuan
  11. Film Stills and Behind-the-Scenes Photos From Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in TimeThe best photo is definitely of Oprah sitting in a tree trunk.
    By Emma Barrie
  12. independent spirit awards
    Barry Jenkins, Ava DuVernay Upset Over Trans-Rights Threats“I’m pretty sure the majority of the room in that hangar is pissed off.”
    By Carita Rizzo
  13. david oyelowo
    David Oyelowo Loves Female Directors, and You Should TooLike all of us, he bows before the queenliness of Ava DuVernay.
    By Kaitlin Fontana
  14. netflix docs
    Super Friends Oprah, Ava DuVernay Talk 13th DocOprah and Ava talk mass incarceration.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  15. inauguration 2017
    Celebrities React to Trump’s InaugurationTell us how to feel, Adele!
    By Emma Barrie
  16. Van Jones and Ava DuVernay Talk Politics“I’m challenged by the idea that we are not holding people accountable for their votes.”
    By Emma Barrie
  17. year in culture 2016
    29 Very Black Things That Happened on TV in 2016Beyoncé’s Super Bowl performance, Atlanta’s Juneteenth episode, and so much more.
    By Dee Lockett
  18. backstories
    DuVernay’s Changing the Game for Women Directors“Queen Sugar has been a huge gift to all of us. We were all really struggling to get into the world of television.”
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  19. ava duvernay
    Ava DuVernay Addresses Trump, Mass Incarceration“He’s very ‘good at business’ and he feels that it’s a business.”
    By Tolly Wright
  20. black america again
    Watch Common’s Short Film Black America AgainProduced by Ava DuVernay, of course.
    By Kaitlin Fontana
  21. chat room
    Dawn-Lyen Gardner on That Pivotal Queen Sugar Ep“The show feels like my life. It feels as dynamic and as culturally inclusive and as deep and as rich and as conflicted as my life feels.”
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  22. casting couch
    Gugu Mbatha-Raw Joins Ava Duvernay’s A Wrinkle in TimeShe will play Mrs. Murry.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  23. quick fixes
    Ava DuVernay Helped J.J. Abrams Fix a Key Force Awakens Lightsaber BattleWhat can’t Ava DuVernay do?
    By Jackson McHenry
  24. history lessons
    Ava DuVernay’s 13th Shows Trump’s RacismIt’s a particularly effective piece of agitprop.
    By E. Alex Jung and Jada Yuan
  25. receipts
    Ava DuVernay Prison Doc Calls Out Trump, Clinton“I didn’t go undercover. This is just widely available information that’s put in one place.”
    By Jada Yuan
  26. Review: Ava DuVernay’s Essential, Imperfect 13thThe movie is frankly exhausting, with too much information (and too many brilliant interviewees) to do justice to here. You simply need to see it.
    By David Edelstein
  27. trailer mix
    The 13th Trailer: Ava DuVernay Takes on Prisons“What you got after that was a rapid transition to a mythology of black criminality.”
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  28. casting couch
    Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time Has a MegStorm Reid is going to get to hang out with everyone cool.
    By Jackson McHenry
  29. casting couch
    Witherspoon and Kaling May Join Wrinkle in TimeOprah is already playing Mrs. Which.
    By Jackson McHenry
  30. Obama’s Birthday Party Had an Epic Dance Battle“It doesn’t get better than this,” Paul McCartney said. 
    By Max Cea
  31. the vulture tv podcast
    Ava DuVernay Breaks Down Her Directing Style“The terrain of the face is the most dynamic thing you can point the camera at.”
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  32. Queen Sugar Author on Adapting Her Book for TV“I loved Ava’s aesthetic and thought, She’s the right person for this.”
    By Nichole Perkins
  33. tv review
    Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar Reinvents the WheelParenthood by way of Eugene O’Neill.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  34. overdue milestones
    Ava DuVernay Is First WOC to Make $100 Mil FilmShe’s the third woman overall to hit the milestone.
    By Karen Brill
  35. season renewals
    Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar Renewed for Season 2The show will premiere on September 6. 
    By Jackson McHenry
  36. casting couch
    Oprah Joins Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in TimeWe are blessed.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  37. trailer mix
    Watch the Trailer for Ava DuVernay’s Queen SugarThe feels are coming September 6.
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. new york film festival
    Ava DuVernay Doc The 13th to Open the NYFFHer surprise doc examining mass incarceration will then head to Netflix on October 7.
    By Dee Lockett
  39. the industry
    DuVernay Drops Out of Lupita’s Intelligent LifeWomp.
    By Dee Lockett
  40. Coogler, DuVernay Helped Flint During OscarsCoogler said that the scheduling overlap was a coincidence.
    By Jackson McHenry and Sean Fitz-Gerald
  41. the industry
    Ava DuVernay Directing Disney’s Wrinkle in TimeIt’s one of a bunch of projects she’s got lined up.
    By Nate Jones
  42. the industry
    Nyong’o Might Star in DuVernay-Helmed ThrillerThe script comes from Colin Trevorrow.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  43. #oscarssowhite
    Ava DuVernay on Diversity: ‘I Hate That Word’She told the Times that the D word is “medicinal” and that it “has no emotional resonance.”
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  44. star wars
    J.J. Abrams Wants Ava DuVernay for Star Wars“She would just kill it.”
    By Dee Lockett
  45. sheroes
    You’ll Be Able to Buy Ava DuVernay Barbies This WeekShero alert.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  46. whitewashing
    Ava DuVernay On Gods of Egypt Director’s ApologyDuVernay is really excited for The Force Awakens.
    By Greg Cwik
  47. i don’t know her
    Breaking Down the Shade Ava DuVernay Threw at Quentin TarantinoSavage.
    By Ira Madison III
  48. Quentin Tarantino Never Saw Selma‘‘She did a really good job on Selma but Selma deserved an Emmy.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  49. twitter review
    Ava DuVernay Tweets Personal Review of Compton“It’s fantastic.”
    By Dee Lockett
  50. Why Ava DuVernay Passed on Black Panther“What my name is on means something to me.”
    By Alice Zhang
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