Tag Archives: African American Film Festival Releasing Movement
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
