Ava DuVernay Filmes

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.

The interviews show these extraordinary women sharing their diverse journeys, personal stories, and perspectives, and the effect is both inspiring...

A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney...

In 1989, a collective of young hip hop artists gathered at a health food café in South Central Los Angeles. Their mandate? To reject gang...

Writer-director Ava DuVernay's short drama concerns a poor, struggling single mother whose trip with her three children to a 99-cent store in Los...

Oprah Winfrey talks with the exonerated men once known as the Central Park Five, plus the cast and producers who tell their story in "When They See...

The story of a defiant movement of women of color transforming American politics from the ground up. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm...

An emotional portrait of David Oyelowo’s journey to play legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring behind-the-scenes...

We know about the swing. We know about the swagger. But what most Americans don't know about Venus Williams is how she changed the course of her...

A visual celebration of the beauty, strength, perseverance and spirit of the Black community in these troubling times.

This award winning documentary, narrated by Lou Reed, explores the breadth and depth of Occupy Wall Street and how it quickly grew from a small park...

'Compton in C Minor' is a meditation on the gang capital of the world from a hometown girl's point of view. Frustrated by negative portrayals of the...

In this 30-minute interview, Oprah Winfrey sits down with director Ava DuVernay to discuss her Oscar-nominated film, historical cycles of oppression...