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Sep 25, 2019 · Revisit every film, television production, and music video helmed by Ava DuVernay. Including a cultural event starring musical power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
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See the full list of movies and TV shows that Ava DuVernay has directed, written, produced, hosted, acted, or appeared in. Find where to watch her latest projects, such as When They See Us, Queen Sugar, and DMZ.
A Guide to the Films of Ava DuVernay. 13 Videos. 99+ Photos. A director, producer, writer, marketer and film distributor, Ava DuVernay made her feature film debut with the documentary This is the Life (2008), a history on hip hop movement that flourished in Los Angeles in the 1990's.
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Ava DuVernay in Life Itself (2014)- Ava DuVernay, The Kid Mero, and Desus Nice in Hold That (2019)
- Ava DuVernay and Storm Reid in The Talk (2010)
- Newt Gingrich and Ava DuVernay in 13th (2016)
- Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, and Ava DuVernay in Selma (2014)
- Ava DuVernay in Selma (2014)
- Ava DuVernay in Middle of Nowhere (2012)
DuVernay's television credits include the OWN drama series Queen Sugar (2016) and two Netflix drama limited series: When They See Us (2019), based on the 1989 Central Park jogger case and Colin in Black & White (2021), based on the teenage years of NFL player Colin Kaepernick.
- Urday Night Life (2006) - 6.0
- Ill Follow (2010) - 6.0
- S Is The Life (2008) - 6.1
- DLE of Nowhere (2012) - 6.4
- E For IX: Venus vs. (2013) - 7.3
- MA (2014) - 7.5
- En Sugar (2016 - Present) - 7.7
- Ndal (2012 - 2018) - 7.7
- H (2016) - 8.3
- N They See Us (2019) - 8.9
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An early effort from DuVernay, Saturday Night Life is a short dramastarring Melissa De Sousa. De Sousa plays a single mother in Los Angeles who takes her three children out for the night. Due to their mom's limited funds, the family's big venture involves going to the dollar store. What seems like a modest outing, thanks to DuVernay's touching narr...
I Will Followis DuVernay's first feature-length film. Written, produced, and directed by DuVernay, it follows a young artist named Maye (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) in the day after the aunt she'd been taking care of passes away. Maye, in her grief, crosses paths with a series of visitors who offer up different kinds of advice to her. The film also...
DuVernay's homage to rap music, This is the Lifecenters around Los Angeles's alternative hip-hop scene, which originated in the 1990s. Much of the documentary's action takes place at the former Good Life Cafe, a health food store that hosted a weekly open mic night. RELATED: The 5 Best (& 5 Worst) Hip Hop Movies, According To IMDb It was the Good L...
Middle of Nowhere is DuVernay's second feature film, made for just $200,000. Emayatzy Corinealdi stars as Ruby, a nurse whose life is turned upside down when her husband Derek (Omari Hardwick) is sentenced to eight years in prison. Ruby quits her job in order to focus on Derek's needs while incarcerated, which causes her to become isolated from her...
ESPN Films is responsible for the compelling Nine for IXseries, a play on Title IX -- the federal civil rights legislation that created more opportunities for women in sports. Each episode explores the life of a different female sports star. RELATED: 10 Sports Documentaries If You Liked HBO's Tiger The episode on tennis legend Venus Williams, Venus...
DuVernay broke into the mainstream in a major way when she adapted Paul Webb's screenplay, Selma, for the big screen. Selmaexplores the events leading up to 1965's Selma to Montgomery march, which turned violent on Sunday, March 7 when police attacked demonstrators as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Selma's ensemble cast includes David Oyelo...
An intergenerational family drama set in Louisiana, Queen Sugarfocuses on three siblings from their father's sudden death. The Bordelon children must also figure out what to do with their father's massive sugarcane farm. RELATED: 10 Recent Southern Gothic Series You Probably Haven't Seen (But Should) The siblings are played by True Blood's Rutina W...
In 2013, DuVernay directed an episode from the third season of the popular ABC thriller Scandal. The show stars Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, who runs a crisis management firm in Washington, D.C., and eventually falls in love with the President, Fitzgerald Grant III (Tony Goldwyn). DuVernay directed the Scandal episode "Vermont is for Lovers." I...
13th is a harrowing Netflix documentarythat seeks to understand why so many Black people, especially Black men, have passed through America's criminal justice system. DuVernay, who co-wrote the film with Spencer Averick, looks at the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution for answers. She shows, through interviews with historians and activists, how ...
DuVernay's four-part miniseries about the Central Park Five is a scathing indictment of the American criminal justice system. In 1989, five young men of color were falsely accused of assaulting a female jogger in Central Park, leading to a highly-publicized case that perpetuated terrible racial stereotypes. When They See Us combines procedural trop...
Discover the top projects of the acclaimed director and producer, from documentaries to dramas, according to IMDb ratings. See how DuVernay's work highlights Black voices and experiences in Hollywood.
We ranked the films and TV series directed by Ava DuVernay, based on IMDb user ratings. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. 10 titles. 1. When They See Us (2019) TV-MA | 296 min | Biography, Crime, Drama. 8.8. Rate.
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When They See Us: Created by Ava DuVernay. With Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Marquis Rodriguez. Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
