American - Director | August 24, 1972 -
I think I am a little jealous of women who have great girlfriends as adults.
Ava DuVernay
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You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them.
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I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.
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I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films.
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It's emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on our worldview.
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There's a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way.
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I'm not signing on to direct 'Black Panther.' I think I'll just say we had different ideas about what the story would be. Marvel has a certain way of doing things, and I think they're fantastic, and a lot of people love what they do. I loved that they reached out to me.
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As a filmmaker, you put the film out there, and you just want it to be okay. You don't want to let people down; you don't want to embarrass yourself.
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Every filmmaker imbues a movie with their own point of view.
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'Diversity' is like, 'Ugh, I have to do diversity.' I recognize and celebrate what it is, but that word, to me, is a disconnect.
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My mother is from Compton, California, but my father is from Hayneville, Alabama, and that's less than 20 miles from Selma.
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You gotta follow the white guys. Truly. They've got this thing wired. Too often, we live within their games, so why would you not study what works? Take away the bad stuff - because there's a lot - and use the savvy interesting stuff and figure out how they can apply. It's a good one for the ladies.
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