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Director Cierra Glaude poses for a portrait in Glendale, Calif. on Feb. 4, 2021. When the series &quot;Queen Sugar&quot; debuted in 2016, Glaude worked as a production assistant on the show. Five years later, she’s been promoted to director for season five on the Oprah Winfrey Network series. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

The sweet rise of ‘Queen Sugar’ director Cierra Glaude

By MESFIN FEKADU - Associated Press

This image released by Netflix shows a scene from &quot;When They See Us.&quot; The four-part Netflix series explores the true story of the Central Park Five, five black and Latino teenagers who were coerced into confessing to a rape they didn't commit in 1989. (Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix via AP)

Viewers refute myth that black US films, TV are poor exports

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, file photo, Ava DuVernay speaks at the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network's &quot;Cherish the Day&quot; series panel during the Discovery Network TCA 2020 Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. The series, airing at 10 p.m. EST Tuesday, follows a Los Angeles couple's relationship over eight episodes that span five years. Xosha Roquemore and Alano Miller star in the network's first anthology series, created by filmmaker and TV producer DuVernay. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

OWN’s ‘Cherish the Day’ is a rare celebration of black love

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

This May 20, 2017, file photo shows director Ava DuVernay at the 76th Annual Peabody Awards in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Netflix facing defamation lawsuit over Central Park Five biopic ‘When They See Us’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

FILE- In this March 26, 1988 file photo, prosecutor Linda Fairstein, left, is shown during a news conference in New York. Fairstein was the top Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor when five teenagers were wrongly charged with the 1989 rape and beating of a woman jogging in New York's Central Park. Since the release of the Netflix series &quot;When They See Us,&quot; a miniseries that dramatizes the events surrounding the trial, she has resigned from at least two nonprofit boards as backlash from the case intensified. Seated at the table from left are Fairstein, District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, and Ellen Levin, whose daughter Jennifer Levin was murdered in 1986. (AP Photo/Charles Wenzelberg, File)

Linda Fairstein condemns Netflix series on Central Park Five

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This image released by Netflix shows Niecy Nash as Delores Wise, left, and Jharrel Jerome as Korey Wise in a scene from &quot;When They See Us.&quot; (Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix via AP)

DuVernay says watch ‘When They See Us’ at your own pace

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

This image released by TCM shows TCM Primetime host Ben Mankiewicz, left, and director Ava DuVernay who is bringing 17 of her favorite classic films to Turner Classic Movies’ “The Essentials” series. (Anne Marie Fox/TCM via AP)

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay shares her favorite classic films

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

Ava DuVernay attends VH1 Trailblazer Honors 2019 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

DuVernay, Zendaya help Vanity Fair toast Women in Hollywood

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

Prada announces diversity council after blackface outrage

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 18, 2018, file photo filmmaker Ava DuVernay addresses the audience during the 2018 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. “VH1 Trailblazer Honors” will pay tribute to Academy Award-nominated director DuVernay to kick off Women’s History Month. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, FIle)

‘VH1 Trailblazer Honors’ celebrates director Ava DuVernay

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Ava DuVernay to make Prince documentary for Netflix

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FILE - In this March 13, 2018 file photo, director Ava DuVernay appears at the premiere of &quot;A Wrinkle In Time,&quot; in London. DuVernay has checked off another milestone for black female directors. This week her film “A Wrinkle in Time” crossed the $100 million mark domestically, a first for a black woman. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

DuVernay scores another milestone for black female directors

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Alabama filmmaker catches the eye of big Hollywood name

By JARED BOYD - Associated Press

In this Feb. 25, 2018 photo, actors Mindy Kaling from left, Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon pose for a portrait at The W Hotel in Los Angeles to promote their film, &quot;A Wrinkle in Time,&quot; opening nationwide on Friday. (Photo by [Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP)

Q&A: Oprah plays life coach to ‘Wrinkle in Time’ co-stars

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

In this Feb. 25, 2018 photo, Director Ava DuVernay poses for a portrait at The W Hotel in Los Angeles to promote her film, &quot;A Wrinkle in Time.&quot; The film opens March 9. (Photo by [Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP)

Ava DuVernay’s unprecedented journey to ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

This May 20, 2017, file photo shows director Ava DuVernay at the 76th Annual Peabody Awards in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Ava DuVernay to create ‘Central Park Five’ drama for Netflix

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FILE - This Jan. 7, 2017 file photo shows director Ava DuVernay at the 2017 Film Independent Filmmaker Grant and Spirit Award Nominees Brunch in West Hollywood, Calif. DuVernay talked about Donald Trump, race and change as she discussed her new Netflix documentary, `13th,’ with Oprah Winfrey and political commentator Van Jones on Sunday, Jan. 15. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

DuVernay talks with Winfrey about Trump, race, her new film

By SANDY COHEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2015 file photo, director Ava DuVernay attends the 2015 ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles. Duvernay's latest project, &quot;The 13th,&quot; is a documentary about mass incarceration and its deep, historical roots in America. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

DuVernay turns her lens on mass incarceration in ‘The 13th’

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 photo, Ava DuVernay, writer/director of the film “Middle of Nowhere,” poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Oprah Winfrey has repeatedly told her 14 million Twitter followers about DuVernay’s latest film, "Middle of Nowhere," which expands to 14 more cities Friday, Oct. 19, after opening in six theaters last week. (Associated Press)

Ava DuVernay, ‘Selma’ director, addresses Hollywood’s ‘systemic’ diversity issue

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times