Tag Archives: AFFRM
Ava DuVernay Becomes First Black Woman to Win Best Director at Sundance
Veteran industry executive wins big at Sundance 2012
Ava DuVernay became the first African-American woman to win the U.S. Directing Award for her…
By Sade K. Muhammad
January 30, 2012
Tags: AFFRM, African American Film Festival Releasing Movement, Ava DuVernay, Middle of Nowhere, Participant Media, Sundance Film Festival
Filmmaker Takes AFFRM-ative Action to Promote Black Cinema
Ava DuVernay unites black film festivals to encourage national releases of more movies for us and by us
DuVernay with I Will Follow star Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Marcia Wade Talbert)
Ava DuVernay has accomplished three…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
February 4, 2011
Tags: AFFRM, African American Film Festival Releasing Movement, American Black Film Festival, Ava DuVernay, Black film director, Blair Underwood, film festivals, film financing, film marketing, filmmaking, Omari Hardwick, Pan African Film & Arts Festival, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Sundance Film Festival, The DuVernay Agency, Urbanworld Film Festival, Video
