HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES -- Long before Ava Duvernay earned an Oscar nomination for directing "Selma," and even before she was making movies at all, she was a Los Angeles publicist who championed small ...

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and filmmaker Sujata Day has signed with Stagecoach Entertainment for representation in all areas. The ...

Last week, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History recognized the filmmaker Ava DuVernay with a lifetime achievement award. That's where she gave a short speech. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

“Artists are a threat to American fascism,” the Fall of Freedom website declares. As playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage ...

Documentary work also plays a central role in Cinema & Conversations programming. Academy Award winner Ben Proudfoot will present Eyes of Ghana. Palestine’s Oscar entry, Palestine 36, directed by ...

*Acclaimed director Ava DuVernay recently made clear that she wants folks to stop calling her “auntie.” And now Oprah and Gayle King are co-signing her sentiment. As we previously reported, DuVernay ...

P.E.A.C.E., a pioneering Los Angeles rapper and member of the Freestyle Fellowship collective, has died. Fans online are ...

Ahead, we list 25 of the best movies made by women, including filmmakers like Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay, Jane Campion, ...

Ava DuVernay‘s Peabody-winning Array is celebrating the five-year anniversary of its Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP) with a live, virtual gathering of all nine commissioned LEAP artists.