At ESSENCE Film Festival, many young and bright eyes spilled throughout the room, excited to hear gems drop from storyteller and screenwriter Ava Duvernay. In an exclusive one-on-one with ESSENCE ...

Ava DuVernay’s Peabody-winning Array is celebrating the five-year anniversary of its Law Enforcement Accountability Project ...

“I’m drawn to that; I’m drawn to the final act, those final scenes when they win.” Ava DuVernay continues to redefine success on her own terms, proving that fulfillment comes in many ...

Even though they have similar last names, Duvernay isn't connected to Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay, 52. While Nicholas grew up in Long Island, Ava was born and raised in Southern ...

‘That’s not going to work.’ But we did it anyway.” Ava DuVernay is smiling, but there’s a steeliness to her words. The director, writer and producer is no stranger to carving her own pat ...

Jane Fonda, Nancy Pelosi and Ava DuVernay bestowed the honors at the event, which raised $3.1 million for the museum.

"I don't feel like I would be a good mother for a child," Ava DuVernay says on Malcolm Gladwell and Kenya Barris' interview series 'The Unusual Suspects' Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Ava DuVernay is ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her lifetime achievement award speech at the Smithsonian American History Museum. Last week, the Smithsonian National Museum of American ...