What happens when love takes you places you never thought you’d go? Or better yet, what happens when an independent Black female filmmaker drops her second film in as many years that has all the makings of another indie film phenomenon? You may remember writer/producer/director Ava DuVernay’s first film, I Will Follow, that almost overnight […]
Ava DuVernay Final Cut Culture Ava DuVernay has been in the business of making films for well over ten years, but it wasn’t until 2006 when the creator of the DuVernay Agency (DVA), an award-winning film marketing and publicity firm, stepped up the plate and made her first film. “I always loved film, but I […]
Hello Beautiful founder, Ava DuVernay’s, critically acclaimed film ‘I Will Follow’ which chronicles the day in the life of one African American woman struggling with the death of a loved one and enormous family tension, debuted last week to thunderous applause. Following a review by critic Roger Ebert, who called it “one of the best […]
Ava DuVernay’s I Will Follow, one of the most critically claimed independent African-American films to have been released in years, has just received another salutation. Film critic Roger Ebert, in a glowing review, called it “…one of the best films I’ve seen about the loss of a loved one.” Watch Roger Ebert’s full review here […]
HelloBeautiful’s co-founder Ava DuVernay is a filmmaker and publicist who hopes to spread the distribution of black-themed films with her new organization, the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM). In March, black film festivals based in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle and Los Angeles will be the first backers of the movement to collectively get […]
