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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.
Director Ava DuVernay self-distributed This Is the Life through her Forward Movement banner. The film opened theatrically in Los Angeles on March 10, 2009, and premiered on Showtime in May 2009. The film opened theatrically in Los Angeles on March 10, 2009, and premiered on Showtime in May 2009.
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.
The schedule also includes a 10th-anniversary screening of “Selma,” with special appearances by director Ava DuVernay, lead actor David Oyelowo and other key cast members.
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.
A sprawling lineup of filmmakers, including Sean Penn, Tim Burton, Alfonso Cuaron, Justine Triet, Ava DuVernay and David Cronenberg will attend the Marrakech Film Festival and take part in ...
A companion piece, 13th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay, was released on the service on January 26, 2017, in the United States, and on January 31 worldwide. [9] On April 17, 2020, Netflix made the film available to stream for free on YouTube .
Selma director Ava DuVernay is actually living that dream, since collaborating with the media mogul last year on the. Everyone's fantasized about having Oprah as their BFFs. The constant inspiration.