“Sparkle” actress Carmen Ejogo was cast opposite David Oyelowo in “Selma.” Oyelowo will play the civil rights leader Martin Luther King while Ejogo takes a…
Paramount is in final talks to acquire domestic distribution rights to “Selma,” the long in-the-works feature drama about Martin Luther King‘s 1965 landmark voting rights campaign regarded as the peak of the civil rights movement, and Oprah Winfrey has boarded the project as producer. Ava DuVernay, who came aboard the project in July, rewrote the […]
Ava DuVernay’s upcoming “Selma” just got some major star wattage. Oprah Winfrey has signed on as a producer alongside Brad Pitt and Christian Colson. READ:…
What was originally a project for director Lee Daniels, has turned into a huge opportunity for Ava DuVernay. The highly anticipated civil-rights movie, “Selma” is a…
Director Ava Duvernay can relate to her documentary subject Venus Williams. Both are from Compton, California and both emerged onto the national scene in areas where Black women are still scarce – film and tennis. So it’s fitting that Duvernay would helm the ESPN documentary “Venus Vs.” part of ESPN’s “Nine for IX” series celebrating […]
Director Ava Duvernay has already achieved some enviable honors – she is the first African-American woman to achieve Best Director honors at the Sundance Film Festival. The Compton-born publicist turned filmmaker began her career as a moviemaker with her acclaimed debut “I Will Follow” (now available on DVD) starring Salli Richardson and Omari Hardwick. Her second film […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The rebirth of black independent film is taking place in a small office in the San Fernando Valley. This is where filmmaker Ava DuVernay and her staff of two operate AaFFRM, the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement, a boutique distribution company dedicated to discovering and promoting black directorial voices. The fledgling […]
