a wrinkle in time
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‘Be a Warrior’: Ava DuVernay Drops More Wrinkle in Time Goodness
Director extraordinaire Ava DuVernay dropped yet another tease from her highly anticipated girl-power romp for the 1-8, A Wrinkle in Time, which stars 14-year-old Storm Reid, who made her film debut in 12 Years a Slave. Each and every time we see a cut of this film filled with all the girls of color (and…
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‘The Universe Is Wide Open’: Ava DuVernay’s Wrinkle in Time Trailer Is Pure Black-Girl Delight
Around here in Nerdlandia (them more than me), we love comic books, Marvel reboots and some other weird shit. I myself am more into classic sci-fi and fantasy on the geekdom spectrum: Harry Potter. Lord of the Rings. Star Wars. So when I saw the trailer for Disney’s big-screen adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s science fantasy…
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Watch: Ava DuVernay on 13th, Her Life's Work and Magnifying the Beauty of Black People
Some might call Ava DuVernay’s documentary 13th prophetic. In just over 90 minutes, DuVernay traces the decisions, going as far back as the end of slavery, that led to the creation of the monstrosity known as the prison-industrial complex—and, thus, explains how it is that modern-day slavery exists. Telling the stories of black and brown…