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President Joe Biden will travel to Israel and Jordan this week in a show of solidarity, and to meet with both Israeli and Arab leadership amid growing concerns over the escalating violence in the Middle East. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced
Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay is speaking out about the discrimination she faced as a Black filmmaker. This year, DuVernay became the first Black woman to compete in the Venice Film Festival for her film, Origin, which is adapted from Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste. The film received a standing ovation that lasted over 8 minutes at […]
Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay is speaking out about the discrimination she faced as a Black filmmaker. This year, DuVernay became the first Black woman to compete in the Venice Film Festival for her film, Origin, which is adapted from Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste. The film received a standing ovation that lasted over 8 minutes at […]
Ava DuVernay has highlighted the inequalities that continue across the film circuit saying that Black filmmakers are told “you cannot play international film festivals.” Speaking at the press conference for her Venice title Origin – through which she becomes the first African American woman to have a film in Competition at the festival – DuVernay […]
Ava DuVernay has made history at the Venice Film Festival, becoming the first female Black U.S. director in the event’s 80 years to have a film in the main competition. DuVernay addressed this milestone head-on at the press conference for
After a bidding process that was described as “competitive,” Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” was acquired yesterday by Neon for worldwide distribution. The film screened for press this morning at Venice. At the film’s press conference, DuVernay tackled how she’s making history at the Venice Film Festival, by becoming the first female Black U.S. director in the […]
‘Origin’ Courtesy of Array Filmworks Ava DuVernay has made history at the Venice Film Festival, becoming the first female Black U.S. director across the event’s 80-year history to have a film in the main competition. DuVernay addressed this milestone head-on at . . .
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Niger’s Foreign Ministry has told the U.S. government that images of letters circulating online calling for the departure of certain American diplomatic personnel were not issued by the ministry, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said. “No such request has been made to the U.S. government,” the spokesperson said after AFP […]
Starbucks has been ordered to pay an additional $2.7 million in lost wages to a former regional manager who was fired after two Black men were arrested at a Starbucks in 2018 August 20, 2023, 11:13 AM ET • 3 min read CAMDEN, N.J. — A judge has ordered Starbucks to pay an additional $2.7 […]
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS (Associated Press) JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A transgender girl in Mississippi is not participating in her high school graduation ceremony because school officials told her to dress like a boy and a federal judge did not block the officials’ decision, an attorney for the girl’s family said Saturday. Linda Morris, staff […]