Ava DuVernay Gives Advice About Remaining Hopeful
Ava DuVernay Gives advice to Storytellers.
Black Women Film and Television Directors.
Ava DuVernay Gives advice to Storytellers.
View the trailer: This exploration of a woman’s life in Mississippi reveals the transformative power of people, places, and moments. A heartfelt tribute to resilience, love, and community, join us on this powerful journey through Mississippi’s tapestry of multigenerational connections.
Dee Rees is a visionary filmmaker whose bold storytelling and powerful narratives have captured audiences worldwide. Rees’s accomplished career has included a series of critically acclaimed works, each marked by an unwavering commitment to representing the diverse experiences of marginalized communities.
“Nanny” is a deeply personal and emotionally charged short film that centers around a mother of Jamaican descent who, grappling with her own identity and need for connection, hires a Jamaican nanny for her daughter. Through the lens of this intimate relationship, Jusu masterfully delves into the layers of Black womanhood, intergenerational trauma, and the longing for a sense of belonging.
University Professor and Director of the acclaimed horror short, “Suicide By Sunlight” Discusses her Sundance Winning feature #Nanny. #Sundance #Nannymovie #Film
Chukwu and Deadwyler talked with RogerEbert.com about recreating 1955 Chicago, how the film wrestles with Black trauma, and the coming together of the film’s best shot.
Movies | Hollywood Reporter | The latest trailer for Till, Clemency director Chinonye Chukwu’s movie about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, shows his mother Mamie Till-Mobley choosing an open casket funeral, which sparked the U.S. civil rights movement. “The whole world has to see what happened to my son,” Mamie, played by The Harder They Fall’s Danielle Deadwyler, declares
Tickets are now on sale to watch The Woman King, exclusively in movie theaters. “We fight or we die,” declares General Nanisca (Viola…
Director, Dawn Porter, is known for Trapped (2016), Gideon’s Army (2013) and John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020).
Trailers and Interviews of Director Nia DaCosta, the first Black Woman to direct a Marvel Film.
When They See Us | Ava DeVernay’s masterpiece, When They See Us, tells a familiar story of injustice
The inspiring story of trailblazing African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker who built a haircare empire that made her America’s first female self-made millionaire.