Ava DuVernay joins the film academy's Board of Governors Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been elected to the film academy’s Board of Governors for the first timeFILE -This Feb. 9, 2020 file photo shows filmmaker Ava DuVernay at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. DuVernay directed the four-part Netflix series "When They See US," which explores the true story of the Central Park Five, five black and Latino teenagers who were coerced into confessing to a rape they didn't commit in 1989. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) The Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been elected to the film academy’s Board of Governors for the first time. The academy has increased the number of women and people of color on the board. Incumbent governors reelected include Whoopi Goldberg, “Dolemite Is My Name” screenwriter Larry Karaszewski and Participant Media CEO David Linde among others. The academy responded on Twitter condemning the threats, writing, “Ava & David, we hear you.

Source: ABC News June 10, 2020 18:01 UTC