DuVernay is the first director, writer and producer to earn the honor, which recognizes "lifetime contributions embodying ...

It goes without saying that any biopic of Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) would want to re-enact the legendary ...

Acclaimed director Ava DuVernay reflected on what the Smithsonian museums mean to Americans as she received a lifetime ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her lifetime achievement award speech at the Smithsonian American ...

Ava DuVernay accepted the Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal while voicing support for the African American museum.

Stewart’s directorial debut, ‘The Chronology of Water’, screened in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film ...

“Let us remind those who try to ‘restore’ a narrow, divisive past, that the future belongs to the whole of us,” said Great Americans Medal recipient Ava DuVernay to a Washington DC crowd this week ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her lifetime achievement award speech at the Smithsonian American History Museum.

Acclaimed director Ava DuVernay reflected on what the Smithsonian museums mean to Americans as she received a lifetime achievement award on Thursday at the National Museum of American History.

Last week, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History recognized the filmmaker Ava DuVernay with a lifetime achievement award. That's where she gave a short speech. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...