How busy is director Ava DuVernay? Really, really busy. So busy that the only time she could sit down for our interview was a Saturday afternoon. And the night before, she had been shooting Disney's A ...

*Ava DuVernay’s “13th” exposes the historical facts why America loves to jail black Men. Her new Netflix documentary sheds light on the law that allows for the continuation of slavery in modern ...

Trailblazing director Ava DuVernay can add another important “first” to her list. With A Wrinkle In Time, she’s become the first black female director whose movie earned more than $100 million ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.