Entertainment & Arts
Ava DuVernay is the first Black woman to grace a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream pint. She consulted on the ingredients in new flavor Lights! Caramel! Action!
Dec. 7, 2022
Movies
Ava DuVernay’s Array collective has announced the L.A.-based workshop “Liberated Territory: A Masterclass by Haile Gerima” featuring the Ethiopian filmmaker.
July 26, 2021
Nipsey Hussle’s production company announced that it’s “in negotiations” with Ava DuVernay and Netflix for a documentary about the late L.A. rapper.
Feb. 11, 2020
Real Estate
Ava Duvernay, director of ‘Selma’ and ‘13th,’ just sold her three-story Midcentury home in Hollywood Hills for $2.06 million.
July 20, 2021
Awards
Ava DuVernay, writer-director of ‘When They See Us,’ wanted to honor the five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of beating and raping a woman
Aug. 19, 2019
Director Ava DuVernay made history this week as the first African American woman to have a movie in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
Sept. 6, 2023
Books
Former President Barack Obama and filmmaker Ava DuVernay discuss “A Promised Land” at the L.A. Times Community Book Club.
April 21, 2021
Aug. 25, 2017
The director was enthralled by the nonfiction book “Caste.” But how would she tell the story of an idea through an emotional film?
Jan. 3, 2024
Television
June 20, 2017