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Founded by Ava DuVernay in 2010, ARRAY is a narrative change studio that creates and amplifies work by filmmakers of color and women directors.

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We’re thrilled to share that ARRAY Releasing has acquired Débora Souza Silva’s powerful documentary,  FOR OUR CHILDREN! We will distribute the film exclusively on @Netflix May 10, just in time for Mother’s Day!
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"Most importantly, this is for the men we know as the Exonerated Five." Jharrel Jerome dedicates his #Emmy win for Lead Actor in a Limited Series to the Exonerated Five. #WhenTheySeeUs
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Korey. Kevin. Yusef. Antron. Yusef. @Ava . #Emmys2019
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"Let a Black Woman do her thing." @Ava . Watch Ava's full Acceptance Speech after winning the #CriticsChoice Award for Best Limited Series for #WhenTheySeeUs . Congrats!
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It’s official! #WhenTheySeeUs star Jharrel Jerome who played Korey Wise has been nominated for Best Male Performance in a Limited Series for the #SAGAwards ! Congrats!
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“It's not about knocking on closed doors. It's about building our own house and having our own door.” @Ava .
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Academy Award winner Regina King makes rare appearance to host and moderate an evening to celebrate Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Ava DuVernay’s ORIGIN.
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Correction...the whole world loves Michelle Obama 👊🏽🤓
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The #Grammys loves Michelle Obama
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It’s official! Jharrel Jerome is nominated for an #EMMY for his performance as Korey Wise in @Ava ’s When They See Us! Congratulations to Jharrel on this amazing news! We’re so happy and proud of you!
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Congratulations to our leader @ava who has been named one of The World’s Most Powerful Women of 2021 by @forbes !
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“An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.” Nina Simone. Wishing a very Happy Birthday to the legendary Artist and Activist Nina Simone!
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It’s never too late to start on a new path. If you are committed to trying something new this week, reply with a ✨
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We Love to see is! @Ava 's groundbreaking @Netflix series #WhenTheySeeUs wins the award for Outstanding Limited Series at the #NAACPImageAwards . Congrats!
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Rest in power forever, Congressman John Lewis and Reverend CT Vivian. Lions for justice. We are honored to have chronicled a part of their mighty journey in ARRAY Filmworks’ SELMA. Give our heroes their flowers while among us and never forget them when they have journeyed on.
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"People sometimes forget that love is at the root of our resistance. My love for my people serves as the fuel that fortifies my mission" @Kaepernick7
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WATCH • “I’m terrified by the moral apathy - the death of the heart - which is happening in my country” - James Baldwin
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Jharrel Jerome and King Korey Wise. That’s the Tweet. That’s it. #Emmys
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Over the next two days, we’ll be celebrating the legendary John Singleton with our special #ARRAY360 John Singleton Retrospective where we’ll be screening 8 of his classic films. Watch this iconic scene from John Singleton’s Boyz N The Hood and join us on our Creative Campus!
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Our Founder @Ava looks stunning on the Blue Carpet at the 2020 #CriticsChoice Awards! Good luck tonight!
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“An artist’s duty is to reflect the times” Nina Simone. #WhenTheySeeUs
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"My truth is I don’t want a chair at the table. Or even three or even half anymore. I want the table to be rebuilt. In my likeness. And in the likeness of others long forced out of the room." @Ava at the 2019 @GlamourMag Women of the Year Awards.
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Congratulations to our founder @Ava on her election as Academy Governor representing the Director’s Branch!
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. @Ava DuVernay has been elected to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors:
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Today, we celebrate 50 years of @ava ! Join us in wishing our founder an amazing birthday!
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Cicely. Tyson. That's the Tweet. That's it. #CherishTheDay
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#RepresentationMatters not only on the movie screen and behind the camera but also on magazine covers, books, billboards and more.
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@ava #WhenTheySeeUs received the most #Emmy Nominations of any project for @Netflix ! Join the +23 million people in 190 countries who have seen the series and start watching today on Netflix!
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Incredible! @JharrelJerome wins Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for his role as King Korey Wise in @Ava 's #WhenTheySeeUs ! Congrats! #Emmys
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“Don’t go through the system. Do it yourself. Do something you believe in.” John Singleton. #ForJohn
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“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham..” Frederick Douglass
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You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Dr. Maya Angelou
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“There should be roles for Black folks that isn’t all about Blackness. Because White folks can make unending TV shows and movies about nothing." @iJesseWilliams in our latest series THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE US. Now streaming on @Netflix .
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"You don’t have to say anything to the haters. You don’t have to acknowledge them at all. You just wake up every morning and be the best you you can be. And that tends to shut them up" Michelle Obama #MondayMotivation
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Don’t. Wait. For. Permission.
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“Lucky implies that I was handed something I did not earn, that I did not work hard for. I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass.” Shonda Rhimes.
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"I think there’s nothing in the world more beautiful than falling in love. But falling in love for the right reason, falling in love for the right purpose" Eartha Kitt
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"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced" #JamesBaldwin . We are wishing a very Happy Birthday today to the legend and icon James Baldwin. He continues to be a big inspiration for all of us at ARRAY. RIP.
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As 2019 comes to a close, we’ll be taking a look back of some of our favorite moments of the year. The first moment we’re highlighting was at the 2019 #Emmys when @Ava brought the Exonerated Five as her dates when her @Netflix series ‘When They See Us’ was nominated for 16 Emmys.
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Ava DuVernay and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor at the 2024 NAACP Image Awards with four nominations for ORIGIN, including Best Actress and Best Motion Picture and a win for Best Director!
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"The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through that vast forest, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place" James Baldwin #WhenTheySeeUs
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In honor of @JharrelJerome ’s historic #Emmy win, we’re sharing some of the incredible BTS photos from the set of @Ava ’s #WhenTheySeeUs ! Congrats Jharrel and King Korey Wise!
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In Celebration of @Ava 's Birthday today, we're going to share some of our favorite quotes from Ava over the years in this special Birthday THREAD! #AvaDay
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Can’t stop. Won’t stop. Staring at these beautiful images of @ava in the new issue of @InStyle 😍🔥😍🔥
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SANKOFA is not a film about slavery. It is a film about Black resistance. ARRAY is honored to have been selected to restore his 1993 film SANKOFA. Audiences can explore & experience the epic story told in the landmark film SANKOFA, streaming on @netflix 9.24.
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Congratulations @ava on wrapping CENTRAL PARK FIVE! #NYC has had you far too long! We can't wait to see you back home at ARRAY!
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History. In. The. Making. #Emmys2019 #WhenTheySeeUs
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To the Exonerated Five, we SEE You, we Love You and we Appreciate You. You inspire all of us everyday with your strength, courage, compassion and resiliency!
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We're proud to see @Ava nominated for an #Emmy this morning for Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series for When They See Us! Congrats!
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Ancestors’ dreams manifested. via @LenaWaithe
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Congratulations to @ava on being the first recipient of the Melvin Van Peebles Trailblazer Award presented by the Critics’ Choice Association’s Celebration of Black Cinema & Television! 🎊👏🏽🎊
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A very Happy Birthday to our fearless trailblazer @ava on her special day!
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Today, @ARRAYNow is proud to launch vibrant learning companions around everything that we produce and distribute. We begin with WHEN THEY SEE US. All of our educational materials are free and downloadable for students of all kinds at . Onward. #ARRAY101 .
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“Storytelling can do more than entertain. It can shift and shape culture, it can right wrongs, and it can lift us all to a place where we can be more determined in our own lives" @Ava at @Essence Festival 2019!
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"Know your crew members by name. They're the life blood of your film. Remember that actors and crew are the same. Grown ups. Just because it's Vera doesn't mean you treat her differently than the gaffer or craft services." @Ava . #GothamAwards
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“The stories we tell each other matter. The images we consume matter” @Ava DuVernay. Film is a mirror and we all deserve to see ourselves reflected on screen.
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“My biggest blessing was after Korey Wise saw all four episodes, he came up to me, hugged me so tight and said, ‘You are my mom. You did an amazing job.’” @NiecyNash . Nash was nominated for an #Emmy for her role as Korey Wise’s mother, Delores Wise, in @Ava ’s When They See Us!
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We are proud to unveil ARRAY Crew, launching in 2021! Our game changing database for Hollywood executives and hiring managers showcases below-the-line crew profiles of talented people of color and women of all kinds, available for hire on productions.
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King Korey Wise, @JharrelJerome and @Ava on the set of #WhenTheySeeUs . #Emmys
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Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth and watch one of @Ava and #ARRAY 's projects currently streaming on @Netflix : 13TH VAYA JEZEBEL TEACH US ALL ROLL WITH ME BURNING CANE A WRINKLE IN TIME WHEN THEY SEE US JEWEL'S CATCH ONE THE BURIAL OF KOJO THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE US THE HOUSE ON COCO ROAD
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“They are not the Central Park Five. They are Korey, Yusef, Antron, Kevin, and Raymond” @Ava .
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This was such an incredible moment in 2013! @Ava directed the "Vermont is For Lovers, Too" episode of @ShondaRhimes ' @ScandalABC !
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Happy #LaborDay ! We wanted to spread some #BlackGirlMagic , Joy and Inspiration for the holiday. After defeating Coco Gauff in straight sets, Naomi Osaka asked the 15-year-old to join her for the encore interview. This solidarity and support is a beautiful thing to witness!
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On this day 51 years ago, Dr. King was assassinated at the age of 39 years old.
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Us trying to explain to execs how easy it is to bring on a diverse cast and crew for a project.
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“If a million people watch it around the globe and change a little bit of their behaviour and the way that they see someone else, that matters.” - @ava # #ColininBlackandWhite
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@JharrelJerome @ava @koreykingwise “I haven’t healed yet. I’m still trying. Just knowing this story and having it in my head and now having it part of my soul and part of my heart, it’s going to continuously be my lesson, it’s going to be what I look up to as a beacon of faith and hope” Jharrel Jerome. #Emmys
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“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see” James Baldwin
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Incredible! @Ava ’s @WhenTheySeeUs just won the @CriticsChoice Award for Best Limited Series!! Congrats to the entire cast and crew!
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“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see” James Baldwin
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Happy Sunday! What movie made you fall in love with cinema?
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#ColinInBlackAndWhite touches down on @netflix in 1 week! Are you ready to jump into the unique coming of age story of @kaepernick7 with us? Drop a 🏈 below to let us know.
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"You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the world needs your story because the world needs your voice." @KerryWashington
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Today is a very special one! We're thrilled to wish visionary and revolutionary filmmaker and #ARRAYNow Founder @Ava a Happy Birthday today! #AvaDay
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In 4 seasons of #QueenSugar , all 35 of the show's directors have been women! 32 of them are first time scripted TV in US directors. Remember these faces and know their names!
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So excited that NAOMI has been picked up to series at The CW! Can't wait for you all to see this comic heroine come to life.
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We’re not crying, you’re crying! Okay, we’re all crying. Congratulations on seven amazing seasons of #QueenSugar , @ava ! 🙌🏾
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Incredible! @Ava ’s When They See Us wins for Breakthrough Series at the 2019 IFP #GothamAwards ! Congrats to everyone involved!
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It's here! Watch the official trailer for our first ever series that we're distributing THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE US! The documentary series premieres on @Netflix on 2/5!
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"Our current release is a 19 year old Black man from New Orleans. He wrote, edited, shot and directed a film while he was in high school. I look at his film Burning Cane and I don't know how he did it." @Ava talks @PhillipYoumans and @BurningCane during the #ObamaSummit .
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“Racial healing is an active job. That means we have to do the work of fixing the problems we see.” @staceyabrams #howweheal
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Forever Our King.
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“Playing Korey was by far one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. Just knowing this story and having it in my head and now having it part of my soul and part of my heart, it’s going to continuously be my lesson and what I look up to as a beacon of faith and hope" Jharrel Jerome
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Ava DuVernay at #Emmys2019 . That's the Tweet. That's it.
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"Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us" Angela Bassett. Wishing a very Happy Birthday to the living icon Angela Bassett today!
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"Our conversation shouldn't be consumed with what he's not doing or what they don't value. We value us. We build our village. We grow stronger." @Ava .
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“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within." James Baldwin. #CherishTheDay #BlackLove #ValentinesDay
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From @ava : “Happy to share that Paramount Pictures is offering SELMA for free rental on all US digital platforms for June, starting now. We’ve gotta understand where we’ve been to strategize where we’re going. History helps us create the blueprint. Onward.”
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“We have so much joy as black people, but there is pain there and it is unjust. And we have to keep telling these stories, we have to keep reminding ourselves where we’ve come from, so we can make sure that we know where we’re going" @Ava
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The King would have turned 44 years old today. Happy birthday to the legend, Chadwick Boseman ✨ #ARRAYFamily
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Our Founder @Ava looking stunning at the @VanityFair #Oscar Watch Party tonight!
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#WhenTheySeeUs : The. Exonerated. Five.
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“In the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we've loved and what small part we've played in making the lives of other people better” President Barack Obama. Happy Birthday to our President Obama!
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Congratulations to our ARRAY Filmworks team: Sarah, Paul, Cela, Mychal, Giovanna, Mahalet, Jordan and Aurelio on this new 10-episode social experiment series created by @Ava at @NBC ! Good job, comrades!
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@ava @NetflixFilm @dr_yusefsalaam @NiecyNash @strongblacklead Congratulations to @NiecyNash @Aunjanuejlt and Jharrel Jerome on your #EMMY Nominations this morning for your unforgettable performances in When They See Us!
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@JharrelJerome @ava @koreykingwise Beautiful! The Audience Reaction at the #Emmys to Jharrel Jerome's #Emmy Win is EVERYTHING! Congrats! #WhenTheySeeUs
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Love! Our Founder @Ava at the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios, the first ever fully Black-owned film studio lot! #BlackHistory #BlackExcellence
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Happy birthday to the one and only @Ava !! here's a thread of just a few incredible films from Ava and @arraynow you can watch to celebrate: (📸 Getty)
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