Tag: Ava DuVernay
Netflix series to dramatize Kaepernick’s path to activism
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the...
Floyd’s death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayals
NEW YORK (AP) - Gary Phillips, a prize-winning crime novelist from Los Angeles, grew up on TV shows that showed a world nothing like...
Floyd’s death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayals
NEW YORK (AP) - Gary Phillips, a prize-winning crime novelist from Los Angeles, grew up on TV shows that showed a world nothing like...
Ava DuVernay joins the film academy’s Board of Governors
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been elected to the film academy’s Board of Governors for the first time. The Academy of...
‘Little Fires Everywhere’ director Lynn Shelton dies at 54
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lynn Shelton, an independent filmmaker who directed “Humpday†and “Little Fires Everywhere,†has died. She was 54. Shelton’s publicist, Adam...
‘Little Fires Everywhere’ director Lynn Shelton dies at 54
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lynn Shelton, an independent filmmaker who directed “Humpday†and “Little Fires Everywhere,†has died. She was 54. Shelton’s publicist, Adam...
Jagger, Quincy Jones react to the death of Little Richard
Reaction to the death of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard, who died Saturday at 87.- “I’m so saddened to hear about the passing...
Former prosecutor sues Netflix over Central Park 5 series
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein has sued Netflix and film director Ava DuVernay over her portrayal in the streaming service's...
‘The Hunt’ pits Red vs Blue in a violent, bipartisan farce
NEW YORK (AP) - Last fall, the violent satire “The Hunt†became ensnarled by some of the very politics it so playfully parodies. Universal...
Hollywood barriers fall in milestone Oscars for ‘Parasite’
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Before Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite†made history as the first non-English best picture winner in Academy Awards history, he made...
