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‘When They See Us’ Wins Creative Arts Emmy For Outstanding Limited Series Casting | Essence
The Ava DuVernay series took home the award during the second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, ahead of the Primetime Emmys.
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“When They See Us” Shows How Black Slang Was Criminalized For The Central Park 5 & It Still Is Today | Bustle
Nylah Burton, Bustle Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix. Featured Image [dropcap]Ava[/dropcap] DuVernay’s new Netflix docuseries When They See Us depicts the heartbreaking story of the 1990 Central Park Five case in which a group of young Black and Latinx boys were convicted of a crime that they did not commit. Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, […]
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Central Park Five Speaks Ahead of ‘When They See Us’ Premiere | Colorlines
Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise tell their stories before the Ava DuVernay-helmed miniseries about their lives hits Netflix.
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Ava DuVernay on Taking ‘The Red Line’ | Rolling Stone
Why the Oscar-nominated director put her producing power behind CBS’ new drama about a police shooting in Chicago
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[WATCH] The Powerful Trailer For Ava Duvernay’s ‘When They See Us’ Is Here | Essence
“When They See Us” will be available to stream on Netflix beginning May 31.
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Ava DuVernay becomes first black woman to direct a $100 million movie | Chicago Tribune
DuVernay was also the first black woman to get a budget of over $100 million to direct a film.
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I Saw Myself in ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’ But I Had to Work Hard. | The New York Times
It is still my favorite from childhood, but now, rather than contort myself into Meg, I am able to see how the novel’s play with time and space continues to influence me as an African-American writer.
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Ava DuVernay’s Fiercely Feminine Vision for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ | The New York Times
She made the movie she wanted, about a multiracial world and the loss of a beloved parent. “I know it’s $100 million” for Disney, she says. “They’ll be fine.”
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‘The Universe Is Wide Open’: Ava Duvernay’s Wrinkle in Time Trailer Is Pure Black Girl Delight | The Grapevine
Around here in Nerdlandia (them more than me), we love comic books, Marvel reboots and some other weird shit.
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