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ARRAY 101 Launches Educational Guide To Accompany ‘Colin In Black And White’ To Bolster Social Change
Uncovering Deeper Meaning in Important Films
Their Characters Are Stuck, but the Filmmakers Are Anything But
Review: ‘Definition Please’ spells out a promising future for Sujata Day
With a few exceptions, like “Laggies” and “Young Adult,” the subgenre of arrested-development movies centers on listless white male protagonists. But “Definition Please” offers a new perspective on that feeling of inertia, focusing on a young Indian American woman.
Review: Secrets and unresolved trauma fuel heartrending ‘Donkeyhead’
The plight of many children of immigrants, to measure up to parental expectations of traditional excellence or stray from them to carve out their own fulfillment, takes cheeky shape in “Donkeyhead,” a dramedy from first-time writer-director and star Agam Darshi.
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[WATCH] Ava DuVernay Reveals to “Naomi” Star Kaci Walfall and Drew the Movie She Wants to Remake
Ava DuVernay and Kaci Walfall chat with Drew about what it’s been like working on CW’s Naomi together, and they answer Drew’s “Final 6,” like what Instagram accounts we should follow and what superpower Ava would want!
‘Definition Please’: Watch the Exclusive Trailer for the South Asian Dramedy Produced by Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling is continuing her path of spotlighting South Asian storytelling in Hollywood. Following the recent success of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and HBO Max’s Sex Lives of College Girls, both of which feature leading Indian cast members, Kaling is now the executive producer on the South Asian family dramedy Definition Please.
‘Donkeyhead’ Trailer: Latest Film from Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Brings Punjabi Story to Netflix
Ava DuVernay’s outfit ARRAY Releasing continues to build up filmmakers of color and women. Its latest slate, including the films “Donkeyhead” and “Definition Please,” will premiere January 21 on Netflix in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. Exclusively on IndieWire, watch the trailer premiere below for “Donkeyhead,” directed by and starring Agam Darshi, ahead of its streaming release.
“Naomi” Star Kaci Walfall on Her Big Break & Black Girl Superheroes Who Mentored Her
Kaci Walfall is only 17, and she’s about to be the center of her own TV universe
“Naomi” Star Kaci Walfall on Her Big Break & Black Girl Superheroes Who Mentored Her
Every superhero has an origin story, and this is Naomi’s. A supposed Superman sighting. A strange buzzing noise that makes her lightheaded.
Uncovering Deeper Meaning in Important Films
Ava DuVernay’s Array Partners With Google to Create $500,000 Film Grant for Black Creatives
It can be said that Ava DuVernay is only doing what the Creator ordained her to do. After showing a sneak peek at her new CW show, Naomi, and speaking out in support of Naomi Osaka—DuVernay’s Array has announced a partnership with Google to create a new $500,000 feature film grant for rising creatives from historically underrepresented communities.
Ava DuVernay’s Array Film Collective Partners With Google To Create $500,000 Film Grant
The acclaimed director hopes to smooth the path for the next woman or person of color with a $500,000 filmmaking grant offered in partnership with Google. The grant is designed to finance the recipient’s first feature-length film, and, in the process, help foster a diverse community of storytellers.
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY and Google Create Feature Film Grant for Underrepresented Creatives
Ava Duvernay’s distribution, arts and advocacy collective ARRAY has partnered with Google to launch a new feature film grant benefiting emerging creatives from underrepresented communities.
Ava DuVernay’s Array teams with Google for $500,000 filmmaker grant
Ava DuVernay’s arts and social impact collective Array has continually made good on its mission to amplify the careers of underserved creatives and crew members in film and TV, with a number of initiatives across its various production, distribution, and nonprofit arms.
Ava DuVernay’s Array Teams With Google To Create Feature Film Grant For Underrepresented Creatives
Ava Duvernay’s Array has partnered with Google to create a new $500,000 feature film grant available to up-and-coming creatives from historically underrepresented communities.
Artist Funded by Ava Duvernay’s LEAP Initiative Spotlights Killing of Philando Castile With Interactive Tablescape
Food activist Jocelyn Jackson, co-founder of People’s Kitchen Collective and founder of JUSTUS Kitchen, talks about her latest installation, ‘FIXED PRICE MENU’. The unique project, funded by Ava DuVernay’s LEAP initiative, spotlights the life of Philando Castile and Officer Jeronimo Yanez, who killed him during a routine traffic stop.
‘Would You Kill God Too?’ W.J. Lofton’s New Poem, Commissioned by Ava DuVernay, Puts a Spotlight on Breonna Taylor’s Killers
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay counts herself as one of the many people inspired by W.J. Lofton’s powerful visual poem “We Ask For Fire”—in which he repeats the words, “the cops who murdered Breonna Taylor are at home with their families”—as protesters around the world demanded justice following her death last March.
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Announces Executive Expansion Ahead of 10th Anniversary
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY has announced six executive additions and the promotion of veteran exec Mercedes Cooper ahead of the narrative change collective’s 10th anniversary.
Ava DuVernay Introduces Diverse Database ‘Array Crew’—We Better Not Hear Anymore Excuses, Hollywood
Far too often, Black and other Film/TV crew members of color often hear a variation on trite excuse, “We keep hiring this white person because there aren’t a lot of [insert specific POC identifier here] directors, producers, cinematographers, production designers, costume designers, editors, etc.!”
Four police officers shot Amadou Diallo 19 times. A new photography project names them.
There were never any wanted signs outside the police academy or candlelight vigils in suburbia. The four police officers who shot and killed Amadou Diallo in his doorway 21 years ago were acquitted. One of them, Kenneth Boss, eventually got his gun back and earned a promotion.
Sick of the ‘blue code of silence,’ director Ava DuVernay starts an initiative to spotlight police brutality
The Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP) will fund 25 projects — including film, theater, photography, poetry, music, sculpture and dance — over the next two years through DuVernay’s Array Alliance nonprofit.
Their Characters Are Stuck, but the Filmmakers Are Anything But
Review: ‘Definition Please’ spells out a promising future for Sujata Day
With a few exceptions, like “Laggies” and “Young Adult,” the subgenre of arrested-development movies centers on listless white male protagonists. But “Definition Please” offers a new perspective on that feeling of inertia, focusing on a young Indian American woman.
Review: Secrets and unresolved trauma fuel heartrending ‘Donkeyhead’
The plight of many children of immigrants, to measure up to parental expectations of traditional excellence or stray from them to carve out their own fulfillment, takes cheeky shape in “Donkeyhead,” a dramedy from first-time writer-director and star Agam Darshi.
‘Definition Please’: Watch the Exclusive Trailer for the South Asian Dramedy Produced by Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling is continuing her path of spotlighting South Asian storytelling in Hollywood. Following the recent success of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and HBO Max’s Sex Lives of College Girls, both of which feature leading Indian cast members, Kaling is now the executive producer on the South Asian family dramedy Definition Please.
‘Donkeyhead’ Trailer: Latest Film from Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Brings Punjabi Story to Netflix
Ava DuVernay’s outfit ARRAY Releasing continues to build up filmmakers of color and women. Its latest slate, including the films “Donkeyhead” and “Definition Please,” will premiere January 21 on Netflix in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. Exclusively on IndieWire, watch the trailer premiere below for “Donkeyhead,” directed by and starring Agam Darshi, ahead of its streaming release.
Array Releasing Acquires Directorial Debuts From Two South Asian Women Filmmakers; ‘Definition Please’ by Sujata Day And ‘Donkeyhead’ by Agam Darshi
Array Releasing has acquired two new feature films from emerging South Asian female directors: Agam Darshi’s Donkeyhead, and Sujata Day’s Definition Please. The company has acquired distribution rights to both films in the U.S., UK, Australia and New Zealand, with the additional territory of Canada for Definition Please. Both films will debut January 21 on Netflix.
Sterlin Harjo Can Do a Lot More Than ‘Reservation Dogs’
In August, FX on Hulu released the series “Reservation Dogs,” the acclaimed dark comedy about four Native American teenagers in rural Oklahoma that Harjo created with Taika Waititi.
“The Film is One Big Conversation. I Could’ve Cut it Ten Different Ways and It Would Still Be the Same Conversation”: Sterlin Harjo on His Netflix Doc Love and Fury
Sterlin Harjo is a longtime Sundance alum who’s directed two docs, three dramatic features and a slew of shorts.
‘Love and Fury’ Trailer: ‘Reservation Dogs’ Co-Creator Unshackles Native Art in Doc Coming to Netflix
“Reservation Dogs” co-creator Sterlin Harjo is also an accomplished filmmaker in addition to running the cult favorite FX show about a quartet of Indigenous teenagers living in Oklahoma. His latest documentary is “Love and Fury,” a chronicle of a cadre of Native artists as they work to bolster Indigenous voices in a post-colonial world.
Love and Fury: Sterlin Harjo’s New Doc Premieres December 3
Sterlin Harjo’s new documentary feature, Love and Fury, has been picked up for distribution by ARRAY Releasing.
Array Releasing Boards New Zealand Indigenous Drama ‘Cousins’
Array Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s Array collective, has picked up North America, UK and Ireland rights on the feature Cousins, helmed by Māori filmmaking duo Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith.
‘Cousins’ Review: The Ties That Bind
This sprawling drama breathes cinematic life into the 1992 novel by Patricia Grace about the diverging paths of three Maori cousins in New Zealand.
‘DMZ’ Trailer: Rosario Dawson Fights For Survival In HBO Max Limited Series
ARRAY 101 Launches Educational Guide To Accompany ‘Colin In Black And White’ To Bolster Social Change
[WATCH] Ava DuVernay Reveals to “Naomi” Star Kaci Walfall and Drew the Movie She Wants to Remake
Ava DuVernay and Kaci Walfall chat with Drew about what it’s been like working on CW’s Naomi together, and they answer Drew’s “Final 6,” like what Instagram accounts we should follow and what superpower Ava would want!
“Naomi” Star Kaci Walfall on Her Big Break & Black Girl Superheroes Who Mentored Her
Kaci Walfall is only 17, and she’s about to be the center of her own TV universe
“Naomi” Star Kaci Walfall on Her Big Break & Black Girl Superheroes Who Mentored Her
Every superhero has an origin story, and this is Naomi’s. A supposed Superman sighting. A strange buzzing noise that makes her lightheaded.
‘Naomi’: Ava DuVernay On Expanding The Naomi-Verse Beyond The Comic Book Via New CW Series—TCA
Ava DuVernay is expanding beyond the comic book world of Naomi via her upcoming CW series of the same name, premiering Jan. 11. And that could leave the door open for potential crossovers with other popular superhero series on the same network.
‘Queen Sugar’: Season 6 Trailer Shares Update On The Bordelon Family And Reveals Premiere Date—Watch
The Bordelon family is returning for season 6 on Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and OWN has your first look at how they’re reclaiming their lives out of the pandemic.
‘Powerpuff Girls’ Live-Action Series Among CW Pilot Orders, Network Sets ‘The 4400’ Reboot
The CW has made a number of orders for the 2021-2022 season, including a pilot order for the live-action “Powerpuff Girls” series.
‘4400’ Remake, ‘Powerpuff Girls,’ DC’s ‘Naomi’ Moving Forward at The CW
The network has also ordered a pilot about nuns from ‘Jane the Virgin’s’ Jennie Snyder Urman.
The CW Hands Pilot Orders To Ava DuVernay’s ‘Naomi’, ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ Live-Action Reboot & Millennial Nun Dramedy
Pilot season at The CW is happening after all. The youth-skewing broadcaster has handed pilot orders to three projects: Ava DuVernay’s superhero drama Naomi, the live-action reboot of The Powerpuff Girls and a millennial nun dramedy exec produced by Jennie Snyder Urman.
Here’s Your First Look At Season 5 Of ‘Queen Sugar’
Ava Duvernay’s Queen Sugar is returning to OWN next month after its season 4 finale aired in September of 2019. The upcoming season will follow the Bordelon family as they navigate the coronavirus pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and political corruption in their community.
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Voting at a Free Screening of ‘Selma’ in DTLA [WATCH]
As online registrants filled a downtown parking lot, filmmaker Ava DuVernay cast her ballot nearby & urged others to do the same. Beverly White reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2020.
Ava DuVernay on how she’s using her influence to amplify marginalized voices in Hollywood
The acclaimed filmmaker also shares what viewers can expect from her HBO Max series One Perfect Shot.
Catch ‘Purple Rain’ & ‘Selena’ at Ava DuVernay’s Free Drive-Ins in LA
If you’re based in Los Angeles, California, consider your plans for the weekend of Aug. 14 settled. Ava DuVernay, film queen of taste and giving back, is setting up a two-day only drive-in by way of her non-profit, Array.
Ava DuVernay Launches ARRAY Drive-In With Free Screenings of ‘Selena,’ ‘Purple Rain’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The acclaimed filmmaker also shares what viewers can expect from her HBO Max series One Perfect Shot.
Ava DuVernay Hosts ‘When They See Us’ Viewing Party
Ava DuVernay is celebrating one year of “When They See Us”.
Ava DuVernay Hosts Live Discussion of ‘When They See Us’ as Korey Wise Protests George Floyd’s Death
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay hosted a live watch and discussion of her Netflix drama When they See Us to commemorate the one year anniversary of its release, on the same day that a post was shared on Instagram showing Korey Wise protesting George Floyd’s death in New York.
Ava DuVernay’s Array Launches Stay-At-Home #ArrayMatinee Film Series
As a way to keep audiences enlightened and entertained during social distancing and quarantine, Ava DuVernay’s Array will launch #ArrayMatinee on April 1.
Ava DuVernay Hosts Live Watch and Discussion of ‘When They See Us’ on the Netflix Series’ 1 Year Anniversary
Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay will host a live discussion of her critically-acclaimed Netflix series “When They See Us,” which tells the story of “The Exonerated Five” — Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana Jr. and Korey Wise.
The Pandemic Made My World Small. Social Media Helped Open It Up
In May, I experienced what felt like a personal concert by two of my favorite performers. Really, I was sitting in my living room, and 700,000 other people were watching too.
13 Highlights From Ava DuVernay’s #ARRAYNow Tweet-a-Thon With More Than 60 Directors
Talk about using the power of #FilmTwitter for good.
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY To Host Tweet-a-Thon Featuring Jon Chu, Lulu Wang, Julie Dash, And More
On April 30, only days after announcing its $250,000 grant program for women and creators of color, filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY will be presenting a daylong filmmaker tweet-a-thon in collaboration with Twitter.
Guillermo Del Toro, Patty Jenkins, Jon M. Chu And More To Participate In Ava DuVernay’s Array Film Fellowship Tweet-A-Thon
Ava DuVernay’s Array is presenting its fourth filmmaker tweet-a-thon, Array Film Fellowship. The annual daylong social media event is set to kick off on April 30 at 9 am PT and will run for a staggering 10 hours and feature the voices of over 50 directors.
‘DMZ’ Trailer: Rosario Dawson Fights For Survival In HBO Max Limited Series
ARRAY 101 Launches Educational Guide To Accompany ‘Colin In Black And White’ To Bolster Social Change
Uncovering Deeper Meaning in Important Films
Their Characters Are Stuck, but the Filmmakers Are Anything But
Review: ‘Definition Please’ spells out a promising future for Sujata Day
With a few exceptions, like “Laggies” and “Young Adult,” the subgenre of arrested-development movies centers on listless white male protagonists. But “Definition Please” offers a new perspective on that feeling of inertia, focusing on a young Indian American woman.
Review: Secrets and unresolved trauma fuel heartrending ‘Donkeyhead’
The plight of many children of immigrants, to measure up to parental expectations of traditional excellence or stray from them to carve out their own fulfillment, takes cheeky shape in “Donkeyhead,” a dramedy from first-time writer-director and star Agam Darshi.
[WATCH] Ava DuVernay Reveals to “Naomi” Star Kaci Walfall and Drew the Movie She Wants to Remake
Ava DuVernay and Kaci Walfall chat with Drew about what it’s been like working on CW’s Naomi together, and they answer Drew’s “Final 6,” like what Instagram accounts we should follow and what superpower Ava would want!
‘Definition Please’: Watch the Exclusive Trailer for the South Asian Dramedy Produced by Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling is continuing her path of spotlighting South Asian storytelling in Hollywood. Following the recent success of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and HBO Max’s Sex Lives of College Girls, both of which feature leading Indian cast members, Kaling is now the executive producer on the South Asian family dramedy Definition Please.
‘Donkeyhead’ Trailer: Latest Film from Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Brings Punjabi Story to Netflix
Ava DuVernay’s outfit ARRAY Releasing continues to build up filmmakers of color and women. Its latest slate, including the films “Donkeyhead” and “Definition Please,” will premiere January 21 on Netflix in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. Exclusively on IndieWire, watch the trailer premiere below for “Donkeyhead,” directed by and starring Agam Darshi, ahead of its streaming release.
“Naomi” Star Kaci Walfall on Her Big Break & Black Girl Superheroes Who Mentored Her
Kaci Walfall is only 17, and she’s about to be the center of her own TV universe
“Naomi” Star Kaci Walfall on Her Big Break & Black Girl Superheroes Who Mentored Her
Every superhero has an origin story, and this is Naomi’s. A supposed Superman sighting. A strange buzzing noise that makes her lightheaded.