In their ‘Directors on Directors’ conversation, Ava DuVernay (‘Origin’) and Michael Mann (‘Ferrari’) reminisce about the first time they met and share valuable insights on how to capture the perfect shot for a scene. l Presented by...
Ben & Jerry’s and Ava DuVernay are using their Lights! Caramel! Action! ice cream collaboration as a call to action—in more ways than one. The famed Vermont-based ice cream maker and the award-winning filmmaker, writer and producer—both as well known for their...
Award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay is giving an up-close view of her work on the set of Origin in a new course on MasterClass — and The Hollywood Reporter has a first look at the teaser. DuVernay’s class “Reframe Your Thinking” will launch in early 2024. In the...
Ava DuVernay is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director. Her new movie, “Origin,” is adapted from Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s book “Caste.” She joins “CBS Mornings” for a closer look.
We are living in divisive and quite terrifying times. The layers of hatred and disdain for and between so many groupings of people are challenging to understand. The history of oppression is meticulously broken down in Ava DuVernay’s new film Origin, inspired by...
Not since “Roots” has an American drama taken such an ambitious, all-encompassing approach to the stain of slavery. “Origin” is not about ancestry, but the seeds of a system that dehumanizes one group so that others may dominate them — a dynamic for which...
