‘Selma’ Director Ava DuVernay Strikes A Podcast Partnership With Spotify
Ava DuVernaydirected the powerful drama about the famed march led by Martin Luther King Jr. inSelma, the eye-opening documentary13thabout the history of racial inequality in our prison system, and the harrowing story of five teens from Harlem falsely accused of a brutal attack inWhen They See Us. The filmmaker is also making huge waves inbuilding diversity behind the camerathrough her her nonprofit company ARRAY Alliance. Now she’s expanding into the world of audio storytelling with a new podcast partnership at Spotify.
Spotify has announced a multi-year partnership with Ava DuVernay that will see the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning filmmaker producing exclusive scripted and unscripted original audio programming through her multi-platform arts and social impact collective ARRAY.
Though there aren’t any specific projects mentioned along with the announcement of the podcast partnership, DuVernay expressed her general excitement about a new outlet to amplify a variety of voices in storytelling. The filmmaker said:
“Recognizing the undeniable power of voice and sound, I’m thrilled to extend ARRAY’s storytelling into the realm of podcasts. he opportunity to work with Lydia Polgreen and her passionate team drew us to Spotify as a home for our audio narratives and we couldn’t be more excited to begin this new creative journey.”
“Spotify’s partnership with ARRAY continues our commitment to bringing the world’s most powerful and creative voices into podcasting. We look forward to Spotify listeners hearing from the exceptional creators that ARRAY will be bringing to our global platform.”
Hopefully we’ll be hearing more about the audio programming Ava DuVernay will be working on sooner than later. But the good news is that all of the podcasts available on Spotify are free, including those that will come from this exclusive deal.
Don’t forget, Spotify also hasupcoming titles from DC Comicsin the works, such asBatman: Unburied, written and executive produced byBatman BeginsandBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicescribe David S. Goyer. you may see everything else they offer in the podcast arenaright here.
