Ava DuVernay & Netflix Want ‘When They See Us’ Suit From Ex-NYC Assistant D.A. Dismissed

Garner died from being forcefully choked by police in New York. In the video of his struggle with authorities, he repeatedly tells the officers, "I can't breathe," which became a rallying cry in the Black Lives Matter Movement, much like it is again now, six years later, following the police killing of George Floyd.

Tucker Carlson thinks he’s outing celebrities pic.twitter.com/Xm8ie64rbF— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) June 6, 2020Also Read: Fox News Apologizes for Graph on Market Reactions to Civil Unrest: 'Never Should Have Aired'Among those Carlson named was Rapper Lil Nas X.“Rapper Lil Nas X urged his 4.7 million Twitter followers to donate to bail groups in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and elsewhere,” Carlson said.

Ava DuVernay’s Oscar-winning film, “Selma,” is joining recently released “Just Mercy” and a curated list of films from the Criterion Channel in dropping its price tag for the month of June, in light of the various protests and anger that has risen up in the aftermath of the brutal murder of George Floyd.

Selma after the cast showed support for Eric Garner.Eric Garner died after a New York City police officer put him in a chokehold in July 2014, months before Selma’s release.

Ava DuVernay has backed claims by actor David Oyelowo that Academy members said they would not vote for their civil rights film Selma after the cast showed support for a black man who died in police custody.

Using protests to chase clout on Instagram is not the best look.

The model claimed that her mom Linda insisted the family come to Nebraska. “She talked us into it,” Grahaam explained. “She said, ‘It’s 20 hours, let’s just go and I’ll drive all the way.'”

Seth Rogen has torn into commenters on his Instagram page objecting to his support for the Black Lives Matter movement’s campaign to end state violence against African-Americans.

Seth Rogen has torn into commenters on his Instagram page objecting to his support for the Black Lives Matter movement’s campaign to end state violence against African-Americans. The Knocked Up star shared his outrage at the death last week of 46-year-old African American man George Floyd, after a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, knelt on his neck for eight minutes, and vocally backed Black Lives Matter in a follow-up post on Monday.

It's been a year since When They See Us premiered, and the Netflix series remains an unnerving but important story — and one that deserves to be revisited. Ava DuVernay's gripping limited series tells the true story of the five teens of color, ranging in age from 14 to 16 years old, who were wrongfully convicted of the rape and assault of a white woman in 1989.

Ava DuVernay is celebrating one year of “When They See Us”.

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A year after the release of her Emmy-winning Netflix series When They See Us, filmmaker Ava DuVernay is continuing to share the story of the Exonerated Fivewhile also furthering the conversation around social justice. In a new online education initiative called ARRAY 101, launched by DuVernay's multiplatform media company and arts collective ARRAY, learning guides will be created for the company's films and television series.