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Jan 8, 2015 · Ava DuVernay, director of 'Selma'. DuVernay says the heart of the story was the look on the marchers' faces as Alabama state troopers attacked them on what became known as "Bloody Sunday ...
Ava DuVernay was born on August 24, 1972 in Long Beach, California. As a child, DuVernay’s Aunt Denise encouraged her passion for art and creativity. Her aunt worked the night shift as a nurse so she could pursue her love for art, literature and theater during the day. She introduced DuVernay the 1961 film West Side Story, and DuVernay fell ...
Jan 16, 2024 · By Reggie Ugwu. Jan. 16, 2024. Ava DuVernay and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor were in the middle of shooting their new drama, “Origin,” when Ellis-Taylor gave the writer-director some last-minute ...
Jan 19, 2024 · For her new film, Ava DuVernay tackled an almost impossible book to adapt, one that spans the globe across centuries. In 2020, Isabel Wilkerson published "Caste," a treatise on racism in the ...
Feb 22, 2018 · With A Wrinkle in Time, director Ava DuVernay merges sci-fi’s embrace of the Other with her own vision for a better, more inclusive future. Art Streiber/August Images. Late fall in the redwood ...
Ava DuVernay hopes to smooth the path for the next woman or person of color with a $500,000 filmmaking grant offered in partnership with GoogleGOOG. The grant is designed to finance the ...
Sep 25, 2019 · A director, writer, producer, and rapper (!), Ava DuVernay is a one-woman movement. From the beginning of her stage career dropping rhymes in the musical duo Figures of Speech to her visits to the Emmys and the launch of her Array Alliance's curated film series this fall, DuVernay has amassed a body of work that aims to go beyond just entertaining an audience.
