The long-delayed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures looks like it is finally ready for its close-up.Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will be spearheading plans for the gala opening on September 25, 2021 as part of a weeklong program of celebrations leading to its official unveiling for the public September 30.
Murphy and Blum are both Museum Trustees, while DuVernay is an Academy governor who has also been lending her consultation on the upcoming 2022 exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971.
The museum has also announced the establishment of two new annual awards that will be presented for the first time at the gala.
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