Trailer: Netflix profiles Colin in Black and White this October

Some people play the game. Others change it. That’s the inspiration behind Ava DuVernay’s new Netflix series Colin in Black & White – and a new trailer gives us a first look at it.

It follows the path of one … Read More

Ava DuVernay to adapt Caste for Netflix

Under her ARRAY Filmworks banner for Netflix, Ava DuVernay will direct, write and produce a new feature film adaptation of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson. 

Through a multiple-story structure, Caste examines the unspoken … Read More

Netflix orders Colin Kaepernick series from Ava DuVernay

The adolescent life of all-star athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick will come to Netflix in a new series from Ava DuVernay.

The streamer has ordered Colin in Black & White, a new scripted limited series from Kaepernick and the Oscar-winning … Read More

Dawn: Amazon and Ava DuVernay team up for sci-fi adaptation

Ava DuVernay is teaming up with Amazon for a new adaptation of sci-fi novel Dawn.

Dawn is the first book in the Xenogenesis trilogy by the Hugo, Locus and Nebula award-winning author Octavia E. Butler. It is set in a … Read More

When They See Us: Enraging, essential viewing

Ava DuVernay’s enraging, powerful, deeply human retelling of The Central Park Five case is essential viewing.Read More

When They See Us: The story of the Central Park 5 continues

Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us arrives on Netflix this weekend, and a final trailer for the series offers a glimpse of life after exoneration for the Central Park 5.

Based on a true story, the drama chronicles the case … Read More

Ava DuVernay’s Array acquires The Burial of Kojo for Netflix release

Ava DuVernay and Netflix are teaming up to release The Burial of Kojo this spring.

The director of Selma and A Wrinkle in Time is no stranger to Netflix, having with Central Park Five currently in production for the streaming … Read More

Ava DuVernay working on Prince documentary for Netflix

Ava DuVernay is reportedly working on a Prince documentary for Netflix.

The late, great musician was a musical legend, with a career that spanned from Purple Rain to Batman and won awards that included an Oscar, Golden Globe and multiple … Read More

VOD film review: A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time’s shallow script and uneven plot undermine its eye-popping visuals and uncynical heart.Read More

Netflix to release Oprah and Ava DuVernay interview about 13th

On the heels of its Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, Netflix will release a special interview between Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay this month discussing the director’s documentary, 13th.

“A blistering indictment of US race relations,” is how we … Read More