Ava DuVernay Quotes

Ava DuVernay — American Director born on August 24, 1972,

Ava Marie DuVernay is an American director, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributor. At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, DuVernay won the Best Director Prize for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere, becoming the first African-American woman to win the award. For her work in Selma, DuVernay is the first black woman director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award. With Selma, she is also the first black woman director to have their film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture... (wikipedia)

I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.

Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.

I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many opportunities to tell many, many stories about themselves, and black filmmakers have not had as many years, as many opportunities, as many films to explore the nuances of our reality.

I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.

I don't understand the iPhone. I just don't get it. Don't ya'll have to write serious emails throughout the day? How can you possibly manage detailed missives on a phone with no keys?

Ava DuVernay Quotes

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