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!
"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
"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!
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!
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!
“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!
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.
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!
"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.
@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!
“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
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
“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
.
"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
“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.
"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
"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.
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.
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!
"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
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
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.
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!
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! 🎊👏🏽🎊
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
.
“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!
"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
“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.
“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!
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.
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
Applauding our own
@Ava
for being named one of
@THR
’s 50 Agents of Change Empowering Diverse Voices in Hollywood. We at
@ArrayNow
are proud to stand with you in your vital work around representation and disruption. ✊🏾
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!
"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.
“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
@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
“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
“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
"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
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!
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!
"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
.
“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
"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!
"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
.
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.”
“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
“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!
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!