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Joaquin Phoenix, Sandra Oh, Emma Thompson and More Sign Letter Condemning Academy for Lack of Support for Hamdan Ballal
“It is an attack on all those who dare to bear witness and tell inconvenient truths,” the group of more than 500 Hollywood leaders writes
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Women Creatives Cast More Diverse Actors Than Their Male Counterparts, Luminate Report Finds
The study examines TV and movie projects from 2021-23
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Ava DuVernay Calls Linda Fairstein a Bully ‘Responsible’ for Wrongful Central Park 5 Conviction in Statement on Settlement
“I hope that one day Linda Fairstein can come to terms with the part she played in this miscarriage of justice,” the “When They See Us” filmmaker says
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‘Origin’ Social Media Account Deleted After Dissing Neon for Not Inviting Ava DuVernay to Oscar Party
The account had been highly critical of the distributor for ignoring the film during awards season
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How to Watch Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’: Is It Streaming or in Theaters?
The Neon film weaves together the Holocaust, race in America and the caste system in India
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Is ‘Still Processing’ the Profound, Painful Experience of Making ‘Origin’
TheWrap magazine: The actress worked closely with writer-director Ava DuVernay to grapple with difficult material about race and inequality
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Ava DuVernay to Receive Casting Society’s Career Achievement Award
The writer-director-producer of “Origin” will be honored with the Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement in March
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Ava DuVernay on Her New Movie ‘Origin’ and Why Racism Is Just a ‘Band-Aid on a Wound’
TheWrap magazine: “It’s the skin on a skeleton. The skeleton is caste,” DuVernay says, discussing her new drama that digs into the root of inequality
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Ava DuVernay Says Nikki Haley Civil War ‘Debacle’ Reflects Modern GOP: ‘Lies of Omission’ a ‘Hallmark of Her Party’ | Video
The Republican Party “is thriving off the idea that you can take knowledge out of the public sphere,” the film director says
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Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ Goes ‘Inside the Story’ of Caste System Suffering in New Trailer | Video
Aujanue Ellis-Taylor stars in the loose adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s book
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On the Scene at Power Women Summit 2023: From Jodie Foster’s Introduction of Diana Nyad to a Saweetie Sitdown | Photos
Power Women Summit: Keynote conversations featured “The Color Purple” star Danielle Brooks, “Origin” director Ava DuVernay and former Trump administration aide Cassidy Hutchinson
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Watch Singer Stan Walker Perform ‘I Am,’ the Rousing Single From Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ | Video
Power Women Summit: “I have not felt this way about a song since the first time I heard ‘Glory’ by John Legend for my film ‘Selma,’” DuVernay gushed
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Ava DuVernay Recreated Nazi Book Burnings in Germany for ‘Origin’: ‘Tens of Thousands of Books Were Burned’ | Video
Power Women Summit: The film examines the origins of subjugation in systems of caste across the U.S., Germany and India
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Changemakers 2023: 25 Women Who Made a Difference This Year
From to Ava DuVernay to Lily Gladstone to Beyoncé to Greta Gerwig, here are the extraordinary women who pushed culture forward this year
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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Paramount Global Chair Shari Redstone Join TheWrap’s Power Women Summit
The ‘Origin’ filmmaker will discuss her newest work on injustice, while Redstone will address antisemitism at the Dec. 5 day of inspiration and empowerment
