Ava DuVernay’s Unscripted Family Social Experiment ‘Home Sweet Home’ Lands at NBC

Ava DuVernay said that the words of late Georgia Rep. John Lewis keep her going.

Ava Duvernay has added her tribute to beloved U.S. politician and civil rights icon John Lewis, following his death on Friday (July 17, 2020).The congressman lost his battle with cancer, aged 80, and now moviemaker DuVernay is among the politicians and presidents paying their respects.Posting photos of herself with Lewis on Twitter, the director of 2014 movie Selma, which featured actor Stephan James playing the late activist, wrote:Dear Congressman.

Civil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Lewis died late on Friday at the age of 80. When confirming his passing, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called him "one of the great heroes of American history." Lewis was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, led by the Rev.

Ava DuVernay, Samuel L Jackson and Viola Davis are among the stars paying tribute to civil rights hero John Lewis after his death at the age of 80.

about the high school years of Colin Kaepernick.“Ava is an extraordinarily gifted and thoughtful storyteller,” said Mike Darnell, president of Warner Bros. Unscripted & Alternative Television.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNBC has ordered the unscripted series “Home Sweet Home,” which hails from Ava DuVernay.In the 10-episode hour-long series, two families who lead very different lives go through a full-immersion cultural experiment.

Peter White Television EditorAva DuVernay has built her first primetime unscripted series – a ten-part social experiment for NBC.The When They See Us filmmaker created Home Sweet Home and she will produce via her production company Array Filmworks with Warner Horizon Unscripted Television.Each episode of the series follows two families who lead very different lives for a life-changing experience.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jim Belushi, Keegan-Michael Key and more are celebrating their hometown of Chicago.

2020 may have been a dull year for almost all of us but at least K-drama enthusiasts have had an array of shows to watch while on quarantine mode. Whether it be local or international fans.

Fourth of July weekend was a violent two days for multiple cities. There were innocent victims caught in the crossfire of many of the shots fired across the nation.

Amid the Black Lives Matter protests, a number of Confederate statues have been taken down but there’s no doubt there are many more such symbols of racism in America still standing. That being said, Justin Timberlake is asking for the offensive monuments in his own home state of Tennessee to be removed as soon as possible.

Also Read: Dixie Chicks Change Name to 'The Chicks:' 'We Want to Meet This Moment'In addition to his post, Timberlake shared a video from the ACLU and legal director Jeffrey Robinson that explains that the erection of monuments in the South saw a spike in construction around the time of the early 1900s when “Birth of a Nation” was still being shown in the White House” and during the Civil Rights era in the ’60s.“If we plan to move forward, these monuments must come down.

Korean dramas have always been extremely popular and in the recent few years, the international love for these shows has multiplied into millions more. The best part about these K-dramas is that they don't limit themselves to one particular genre and rather focus on the complex storylines that cover different facets of human emotions.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorLin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical Hamilton has made its debut on Disney+ and it is causing a stir on social media. Ava DuVernay is among those applauding the musical Friday, reflecting back on her 2015 tweet when she first saw it, saying she was “dazzled” by the production.“Throwback to my first tweet about #Hamilton after seeing off-Broadway about a month after it opened at The Public,” she wrote.

's big debut on Disney+ on Friday, when Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical hit the streaming platform.The production was recorded at the Richard Rodgers Theatre with the original 2016 cast, which includes Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs and more.

Ava DuVernay has signed on to make a new series about sportsman and activist Colin Kaepernick’s early years.The longtime friends will collaborate on the six-part Colin in Black & White, which will focus on Kaepernick’s teenage years and early sports success in California, before he spearheaded a social and civil rights movement by taking a knee during the U.S. National Anthem at a San Francisco 49ers game in 2016 to protest police brutality against African-Americans.