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Predictably, after the swift and cutting backlash from the blinding whiteness of this year’s Oscar nominations – from the front lines of Twitter (see: #OscarsSoWhite) to…

The nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards are in and the Academy didn’t show much love the Ava DuVernay directed film, “Selma.” The civil…

These little known facts about Selma might surprise you! Selma’s voting rights movement was quite unique, and Jasmine Sanders‘ list will inform you and have you prepared…

Is ‘Selma‘ facing an unprecedented backlash? Over the weekend, there was a barrage of criticism directed at the Ava DuVernay film, Selma. Every publication from Entertainment Weekly…

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The saga continues in the case of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who lost his life after being put in a chokehold by an…

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After trying to recover from the Ray Rice incident, the Baltimore Ravens have found themselves caught up in a new scandal. According to reports, the…

  Jacque Reid talks to Ava DuVernay, the Director of the critically acclaimed ‘Selma’. DuVernay recently made headlines becoming the first African American to be…

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Maryland organizer Tiffany Flowers and her boyfriend Alan Hanson entered the Regal Cinemas Majestic Stadium 20 theater in Silver Spring, Maryland expecting to enjoy a showing…

Director Ava Duvernay can relate to her documentary subject Venus Williams. Both are from Compton, California and both emerged onto the national scene in areas…

HelloBeautiful co-founder, Ava DuVernay, made history at the Sundance Film Festival awards last night, as the first black woman to win the “U.S. Drama Directing” award for her second film “Middle of Nowhere.” Emayatzy Corinealdi stars in the critically acclaimed film, as a woman struggling to maintain her identity while her husband is incarcerated, serving […]