Ava DuVernay to Direct ‘Caste’ Adaptation for Netflix
Ava Duvernay is re-teaming with Netflix for an adaptation of New York Times bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
Ava DuVernay Back In Director’s Chair For ‘Caste’; Netflix Adaptation Of Acclaimed Isabel Wilkerson’s Best Seller
Oscar-winning filmmaker and producer Ava DuVernay’s Array is expanding its imprint when it comes to inclusive storytelling. The Selma director and her social impact collective has partnered with Spotify for a multi-year partnership to produce exclusive scripted and unscripted original audio programming.
How ‘Residue’ Filmmakers Greenlit Themselves (and Then Ava DuVernay and Netflix Followed)
A director and DP meet at a café. Three days later, they were shooting a feature. No joke here. Just the story of how passion and urgency, despite lack of resources, can make a great film….
DC Filmmaker Chronicles Gentrification of Northeast Neighborhood
In his first feature film “Residue” art imitates life for writer, director and D.C. native Merawi Gerima. The movie centers around, Jay, an aspiring filmmaker who returns to the District to write….
Merawi Gerima on His Film Residue, an Ode to His Vanishing City
Filmmaker Merawi Gerima isn’t interested in telling one-dimensional stories. His debut feature film Residue, set in Washington, D.C., is an intense look at the impact of gentrification, Black identity, and….