Ava Duvernay received the 'Best Director' prize at this year's Sundance Festival. Duvernay, who also founded the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM), won for her drama 'Middle of Nowhere'. The AFFRM initiative is aimed at increasing the screenings of independent Black films.
"Middle of Nowhere is a story about a woman named Ruby who has lost her husband to incarceration. It touches on the prison wives' tale, but really the story of a woman who's living in a relationship that's imbalanced," she said.
Due to its success, Participant Media, which is also the distributor of 'An Inconvenient Truth' and 'Waiting for Superman', has secured the theatrical rights to the film.
Congratulations, Ms. Duvernay.
