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EXCLUSIVE: Array Releasing has acquired two new feature films from emerging South Asian female directors: Agam Darshi's Donkeyhead, and Sujata Day's Definition Please. The company has acquired distribution rights to both films in the U.S., UK, Australia and New Zealand, with the additional territory of Canada for Defin…

Array Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay's narrative change collective, announced its acquisition of award-winning filmmaker Sterlin Harjo's documentary feature Love and Fury.  The company acquired North American, UK, Australian and New Zealand rights and will release the film on select screens and on…

Array Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay's Array collective, has picked up North America, UK and Ireland rights on the feature Cousins, helmed by Māori filmmaking duo Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith. Pic debuted at No. 1 at the New Zealand box office when it was released earlier this year. It…

Don’t be a drag, just be a queen! ARRAY Releasing has acquired Alaska is a Drag starring Martin L. Washington Jr. and directed by Shaz Bennett. Ava DuVernay’s company is set to release the drama on Netflix on December 31. Alaska is a Drag marks the feature directorial debut of Bennett, who also wrote the script…

Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Releasing has dropped a trailer and a poster for the upcoming coming-of-age drama Ainu Mosir ("the quiet earth where humans dwell") directed by Takeshi Fukunaga. The film is set to debut on Netflix and in select theaters on November 17. Ainu Mosir follows 14-year-old Kanto as we are introduced to…

The first trailer for Deepa Mehta’s forthcoming coming-of-age drama Funny Boy debuted today after it was announced that it would be Canada's official selection for Best International Feature Film for the 2021 Oscars. Array Releasing acquired the film earlier this month and it is slated to open theatrically in select…

ARRAY Releasing has secured the distribution rights to Ainu Mosir, the sophomore feature from writer and director Takeshi Fukunaga. The pic, which received a special jury mention at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, will hit Netflix on November 17 and will play theatrically in select cities throughout the month. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing has acquired the coming-of-age drama Jezebel directed, written, produced by and co-starring Numa Perrier. The film is set to stream on Netflix starting January 16, 2020, and will open theatrically in New York, Los Angeles and other select cities that same month. Jezebel made…

In the new trailer for Phillip Youmans’ Burning Cane, we get a first look at the visionary talent of the 19-year-old filmmaker who tells the story of a religious woman and her struggle to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her alcoholic son and a troubled preacher. Set in rural Louisiana, the…

EXCLUSIVE: ARRAY Releasing has acquired worldwide rights excluding Canada to the drama The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, expanding the company’s slate of inclusive films. ARRAY founder Ava DuVernay said Thursday that the company plans a release for the Canadian film later this fall. Written and directed by…

EXCLUSIVE: Ava DuVernay’s Array Releasing has added another title to its slate of films that champion people of color and women. This time it is the Tribeca Film Festival winning drama Burning Cane from 19-year-old filmmaker Phillip Youmans. Array has acquired the worldwide rights to Burning Cane and plans to release…

EXCLUSIVE: Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing continues to give shine to underrepresented voices and stories by people of color and women with their latest acquisition, The Burial of Kojo from musical artist and filmmaker Samuel “Blitz” Bazawule. This marks the 22nd acquisition for ARRAY which has become an epicenter of…