W hen Ava DuVernay, the award-winning director of Selma and A Wrinkle in Time, first heard about this year's Met Gala theme, she was at a Miu Miu’s Women’s Tales event in Pari ...

DuVernay is the first director, writer and producer to earn the honor, which recognizes "lifetime contributions embodying ...

Acclaimed director Ava DuVernay reflected on what the Smithsonian museums mean to Americans as she received a lifetime achievement award on Thursday at the National Museum of American History. Two ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her lifetime achievement award speech at the Smithsonian American History Museum. Last week, the Smithsonian National Museum of American ...

#ARRAYNow Spotify said in a press release that DuVernay’s upcoming podcasts will “amplify a variety of voices and perspectives.” “Ava DuVernay and her team at Array are at the forefront of ...

Even though they have similar last names, Duvernay isn't connected to Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay, 52. While Nicholas grew up in Long Island, Ava was born and raised in Southern ...

“I’m drawn to that; I’m drawn to the final act, those final scenes when they win.” Ava DuVernay continues to redefine success on her own terms, proving that fulfillment comes in many ...

There is very little about Ava DuVernay’s newest film, “Origin,” that follows the traditional Hollywood playbook. Like many movies, it’s based on a book, but not a novel. Instead ...

Ava DuVernay has slammed Donald Trump’s re-election as U.S. president, in spite of a criminal charges against him, saying that black people arrested on smaller crimes land years of jail time.

Linda Fairstein, the controversial former prosecutor involved in the Central Park Five case, has settled her defamation lawsuit against Netflix and Ava DuVernay over the 2019 docuseries “When ...