Selma director Ava DuVernay, has been keeping busy filling up her slate with ambitious projects – including this latest addition for HBO that is also seeped in historical significance.
Ava DuVernay
The first trailer for OWN’s new family drama, Greenleaf starring Oprah Winfrey who is returning to scripted television after long hiatus – has been released.
Essence magazine held its annual Black Women in Hollywood luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire on Thursday and the room was filled to the brim with women of color who have the talent, looks and drive to run the world.
Oprah Winfrey and celebrated filmmaker Ava DuVernay must have had a magical time on the set of Selma because they are carrying over their collaborative efforts to a new project that is set to air on OWN.
It has been almost three years since actor and filmmaker Bill Duke unleashed Dark Girls – a documentary that examined the plight of women with dark skin, navigating a society and community that still devalues their existence. It was a troubling film that served no other purpose than to painfully reiterate what we already know.
What a difference a year makes! It wasn’t too long ago when the powers that be were ready to write off OWN, the network Oprah Winfrey had invested in and banked on as her rite of passage once she bid adieu to her legendary daytime talk show.
The weather patterns are particularly inhospitable these days, and some of us are content keeping warm and comfortable at the home front. No better time to indulge in a new documentary about the rambunctious quintet of English descent who maximized the frantic pleasures of the 60’s with abandoned relish.
The web was buzzing Monday with two major announcements that involve some of the most savvy and talented entertainers of our time.
First up is the delectable partnership that probably has been in the works for some time now, OWN, the network owned by TV legend Oprah Winfrey, has solicited the genius of Hollywood mogul, Tyler Perry.
Yesterday, on the CBS show This Morning, the former Queen of Daytime, Oprah Winfrey who had spent the last decade basking in the glory of her unfathomable success and unyielding momentum, admitted after months of intense scrutiny and speculation, that she had bitten off more than she can chew when she decided to launch her very own network before she was ready for takeoff.