Origin: Ava DuVernay

✨️ Sunday Movie Tip ✨️ A moving drama that's unafraid to ask big questions, Origin honors its source material with powerful performances in service of a deeply emotional story. #ORIGINMovie #avaduvernay @finnwittrock ARRAY

To launch our “The Life I Choose” unit where students read The Other Wes Moore by Governor Wes Moore we are watching Ava Duvernay‘s The 13th. The enriching conversations I am having with students is truly embodying the true spirit of Sankofa, one of our pillars here at Paul Laurence Dunbar

We are proud to announce our honorary chair, award-winning filmmaker & advocate AVA DUVERNAY! She is joined by youth honorary chair Julia Garnett. bannedbooksweek.org/filmmaker-ava-… w/ARRAY

So excited to have Ava DuVernay as #BannedBooksWeek Chair and Julia Garnett as Youth Chair!

As an active, long-term member of the Banned Books Week Coalition, NCTE is excited to celebrate this announcement of Ava Duvernay as the Banned Books Week honorary chair.

Origin (2023) Dir. Ava DuVernay

On this day in 2016 the acclaimed tv series QUEEN SUGAR debuted on Oprah Winfrey Network ! Created by Ava DuVernay who hired all female Directors. The rest is history🙌🏾

13TH A searing exploration of mass incarceration, exposing the chilling connection between America’s history of slavery and its modern prison system. Ava DuVernay's powerful documentary highlights systemic racism and the enduring fight for social justice.

Ava DuVernay, Agnès Varda & Alice Rohrwacher photographed for 'W Magazine', 2018. (📸- Brigitte Lacombe)

Educators: Join us on Sept 11 at 4:30 PM PST for a scene-sational event in partnership with ARRAY 🎥This webinar will highlight how to use the ORIGIN Learning Companion to have discussions about equality and justice in your classroom. Register now: goo.gle/3MElW1t

"I'm not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn't open for me. I'm going to create my own door and walk through that." — Ava DuVernay Happy Tuesday Mates ❤️

Thank you, Sir. #JamesEarlJones

"I'm not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn't open for me. I'm going to create my own door and walk through that." — Ava DuVernay Happy Tuesday Mates ❤️

Denzel Washington is paying homage to James Earl Jones: “He’s my hero...My college theater career started because of ‘The Emperor Jones’ and ‘Othello’ with James Earl Jones...He was everything to me as a budding actor. He was who I wanted to be." variety.com/2024/film/news…

Attention Educators: Join us on Wed, Sept 11 at 4:30pm PST / 7:30 pm EDT for our latest ARRAY 101 X Google for Education Webinar! This forum will highlight how to use the ORIGIN Learning Companion to have discussions about equality and justice in your classroom. Register now:

While crime wasn't a focus of last night's debate, it was still startling to hear Trump defend his call for the execution of people we now know to be innocent. If you don't know about the "Central Park 5" check out Ava Duvernay's documentary or this: nypl.org/blog/2023/02/0…