It's looking like the new 'Candyman' film might be an exception to Hollywood's issue with reboots after it not only topped the box office this week but also made Nia DaCosta the first Black female director to earn that Hollywood honor.
NEW YORK (AP) — Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig led Hollywood to a record year for women in the director’s chair. In 2019, women directed more of the most popular movies than any year before. Women directed 12 of 2019’s top 100-grossing films in 2019, according to a study released Thursday […]
Selma director Ava DuVernay is currently being courted by two separate Hollywood studios to helm their respective films. According to Deadline.com writer Mike Fleming Jr., Disney has offered her A Wrinkle In Time, an adaptation of the 1963 Madeleine L’Engle fantasy classic novel that has a script by Oscar-winning Frozen writer and co-director Jennifer Lee; […]
It was just a few hours earlier today that we announced that Mattel put its Ava DuVernay Barbie doll on sale today, just in time for the holiday gift-giving season. “All my proceeds from #AvaBarbie will be sent from @Mattel to @ColorOfChange + @WitnessOrg. A fun way to support. xo!” is what Ava tweeted out […]
Julie Dash, the first Black woman to have a film receive a full theatrical release in the United States, helped set the stage for several Black creatives of the present day. Her 1992 film Daughters of the Dust was a landmark film that examined themes close to Dash’s family roots. Born on October 22, 1952 […]
