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Ava Marie DuVernay (/ ˌ dj uː v ər ˈ n eɪ /; [1] born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards , two NAACP Image Award , a BAFTA Film Award , and a BAFTA TV Award , as well as a nominee for an Academy Award and Golden Globe .
Ava DuVernay’s new film “Origin” is that something else. It is a powerful and artistic interpretation of an academic book that was anything but an obvious candidate for a narrative feature.
Director Ava DuVernay has disrupted Hollywood by telling and supporting stories that most likely would never get the big screen treatment. Why Ava DuVernay felt compelled to adapt a nonfiction ...
In the West African tradition, griots keep their people’s history alive by telling the stories that need to be told. The stories that give Black people energy and hope when they are weary, and ...
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In 2008, director Ava DuVernay, who had performed at the cafe with the Figures of Speech hip hop group, released a documentary about the cafe, This Is The Life. The film featured a number of hip hop artists discussing the importance of the Good Life Cafe to themselves and the hip hop scene. The Cafe was open from 1989 to 1999.
Ava DuVernay has been widely heralded for how her groundbreaking, historical works such as "Selma" and "13th" have helped to move the needle in diverse storytelling.