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Context articles: Selma (film)
Takeshi Fukunaga
Monty Banks
Spencer Averick
Ava DuVernay
This Is the Life (2008 film)
♯JusticeForFlint
Howard Barish
Emayatzy Corinealdi
I Will Follow (film)

Selma is a 2014 American historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb.
 It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel, Hosea Williams, Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis.
 The film stars actors David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King and Common as Bevel.
Takeshi Fukunaga is a Japanese filmmaker based in New York.
 His first feature film, "Out of My Hand" (2015) premiered in the Panorama section at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Top Prize at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival.
 The film was later released worldwide through Ava DuVernay’s distribution company, ARRAY.
 Takeshi was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2016 Independent Spirit Awards.
 In 2017, he was selected for The Residence by Cannes Film Festival's Cinéfondation to develop his second feature film.
Montague (Monty) Banks (15 July 1897 [registered on 18 July 1897] – 7 January 1950 born Mario Bianchi) was an Italian comedian and film director who achieved success in the United States and in England.
Spencer Averick is an American film editor and producer.
 Best known for his work an editor on critically acclaimed films "Middle of Nowhere" (2012), "Selma" (2014) and for producing 2016 acclaimed documentary "13th" for which he received Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature nominations at 89th Academy Awards, that he shared with director Ava DuVernay and co-producer Howard Barish.
Ava Marie DuVernay ( ; born August 24, 1972) is an American director, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributor.
 At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, DuVernay won the Best Director Prize for her second feature film "Middle of Nowhere", becoming the first African-American woman to win the award.
 For her work in "Selma" (2014), DuVernay was the first black female director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
 With "Selma", she was also the first black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
 In 2017, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her film "13th" (2016).
This is the Life is a 2008 documentary film directed by Ava DuVernay, which chronicles the alternative hip hop movement that flourished in 1990s Los Angeles and its legendary center, the Good Life Cafe.
Initiated by "Creed" director Ryan Coogler and "Selma" director Ava DuVernay, the free public event was held at the Whiting Auditorium in Flint, Michigan.
 Hosted by comedian Hannibal Buress, it featured singers Janelle Monáe and Ledisi, as well as actor-activists Jesse Williams and Jussie Smollett, amongst others.
 Surprising star guest was "King of Motown" Stevie Wonder, who teamed up with Monáe for "Hell You Talkin' Bout", a protest song she had written for the people of Flint.
Howard Barish is an Oscar nominated, Emmy award winning producer and director known for his producing partnership with acclaimed director, writer Ava DuVernay.
 Their most recognized project to date, "13TH", is a 2016 American documentary from Netflix directed by DuVernay.
 Centered on race in the United States criminal justice system, the critically lauded film is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which outlawed slavery (unless as punishment for a crime).
 It argues that slavery is being effectively perpetuated through mass incarceration.
Emayatzy Evett Corinealdi ( ; born January 14, 1980) is an American actress.
 She is best known for her leading role in the Ava DuVernay film "Middle of Nowhere" (2012).
I Will Follow is a 2010 American independent drama film written, produced and directed by Ava DuVernay, starring Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Beverly Todd, Omari Hardwick, Michole White, Dijon Talton, Royale Watkins, Damone Roberts, Tracie Thoms and Blair Underwood.