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, African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement. In March, black film festivals based in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle and Los Angeles will be the first backers of this movement. Duvernay told the New York Times, she imagines a time when black-theme pictures will flourish in places where African-American film festivals have already found eager viewers.
Her new film, “I Will Follow”, which she wrote and directed, stars Salli Richardson-Whitfield and Omari Hardwick, will be the first film coming out of the AAFFRM and will be shown in theaters in the aforementioned cities.
Read more about Ava DuVernay’s new movement here.
Take a look at the “I Will Follow” trailer below:
Check out this teaser for the BET documentary “My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women in Hip-Hop,” that explored the history and the legacy of the women who helped invent and nurture the Hip-Hop genre which was directed by Duvernay:
The official trailer for her award-winning documentary, “This Is The Life:”
Follow Ava Duvernay on Twitter and check out her DVA website.
