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We can’t even contain our excitement about this! The mega-talent duo of filmmaker Ava DuVernay and actor David Oyelowo are heading towards their third collaboration (following Middle…

  Ava Duvernay became the first Black Woman to be nominated for Best Director at the Golden Globes for her 2014 film “Selma.” While Ava…

These little known facts about Selma might surprise you! Selma’s voting rights movement was quite unique, and Jasmine Sanders‘ list will inform you and have you prepared…

  Jacque Reid talks to Ava DuVernay, the Director of the critically acclaimed ‘Selma’. DuVernay recently made headlines becoming the first African American to be…

Grade: A Venus Vs.  (ESPN Films) The Elder Williams sister proves that she is an icon on and off center court Film Review by African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Everyone knows about the Williams Sisters and their rise out of south-central LA to become supreme goddesses of the tennis world. Although the recently released […]

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…

HelloBeautiful co-founder, Ava DuVernay, made history at the Sundance Film Festival awards last night, as the first black woman to win the “U.S. Drama Directing” award for her second film “Middle of Nowhere.” Emayatzy Corinealdi stars in the critically acclaimed film, as a woman struggling to maintain her identity while her husband is incarcerated, serving […]