Ava DuVernay Becomes First Black Woman to Win Best Director at Sundance
Ava DuVernay became the first African-American woman to win the U.S. Directing Award for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere at the Sundance Film...
African American Film Festival Releasing Movement
Filmmaker Takes AFFRM-ative Action to Promote Black Cinema
Ava DuVernay has accomplished three times over what many independent filmmakers–both Black and White–find impossible to do just once. She has independently shot, produced, and...