Director Ava DuVernay is taking on mass incarceration in her new documentary "13th." The title refers tot he 13th amendment of the U.S. Constitution which makes illegal involuntary servitude "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted." It is this clause, the film argues, which sets the stage for the over incarceration of Black people in public and private prisons.

With appearances from Michelle Alexander, Jelani Cobb, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, DuVernay makes plain the problem and the path to correcting it.

DuVernay will make history when the film opens the New York Film Festival on September 30. The film will be available on Netflix and in select theaters on October 7.

Change will not come without affirmative efforts to see a difference. That might require us, when we get in positions of power, demanding to upset the status quo. Director Ava DuVernay has done that throughout her career.

In an interview with ReelBlack at the Sundance Film Festival, she talks about working on her first television show for OWN, Queen Sugar.  DuVernay says the show will utilize all-women directors. And much to our delight, DuVernay plans to hire "a lot of women that we know from the Black independent film space."

Great to hear. Watch Ava below.

Yesterday Mattel released Ava DuVernay's Barbie and it sold out in mere hours. Mattel unveiled the doll in April, but Ava didn't get her hands on the doll until May.

In Chapter 2 of the 3-part series of Apple Music commercials starring Kerry Washington, Taraji P. Henson, and Mary J. Blige, the women cook and dance together in a beautiful new ad directed by Ava DuVernay.

Director Ava DuVernay sat down with Fast Company at the Fast Company Innovation Festival on Wednesday to speak about diversity in Hollywood.

Apple premiered the first of three commercials starring Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington, and Mary J. Blige during the Emmys and we couldn't get enough of it!

The first of three Apple Music commercials starring Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington, and Mary J. Blige aired during the 2015 Emmy Awards. The spot features the ladies dropping by Mary's house and having an impromptu turn up session by way of Apple's streaming music app.

'Mississippi Damned' a 2009 film directed by Tina Mabry is now available to stream on Netflix. The film is based Mabry's life growing up in Tupelo, Mississippi.