“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, I truly treasure the Peabody because of the way in which it is determined, said Array founder Ava DuVernay on Tuesday as she and the decade-old collective were unveiled as this year’s recipient of the Peabody’s Institutional Award.
At Ava DuVernay’s Array film collective, Tuck is making it easy for showbiz types to hire a more inclusive workforce. Dee Tuck has heard all the excuses. “I want to hire more women, but I just don’t know where they are.”
Netflix’s Bela Bajaria, Amazon’s Jennifer Salke, Disney’s Dana Walden and uber-creators Shonda Rhimes and Ava DuVernay get candid about their responsibilities and realities: “I like to say I don’t feel grateful or fortunate to be here. I earned my right to be here.”
The acclaimed filmmaker shared an array of impactful insights during Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Summit.
Award-Winning Director Ava Duvernay launched Array Crew, a personnel database aimed at increasing representation for women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups ‘behind the camera’. Ava Duvernay joins NBC’s Joshua Johnson for a conversation about her new initiative and Hollywood’s inclusion problem.
Personnel database will give entertainment industry opportunity to show its actions can match its words, producer says.
