We're told that independent film lovers... folks that are used to watching art house films, won't come out and see a film… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I always find it fascinating to ask people, why they've chosen to live their life as an artist? Why be an actor,… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
“Women have been trained in our culture and society to ask for what we want instead of taking what we want. We've… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I feel mushy these days when I think about art and artists and the work that lies ahead for us. There's good… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I think it's a wonderful time to be a black woman who makes films. It's a good time to be an artist… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
It sounds kind of flighty, filmmaker-y, but I believe films are a piece of art. They are meant to be what they're… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I know that sounds a little bit corny, but I've found some solace in that. I hope art can continue to do… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
As a Black woman filmmaker I feel that’s my job: visibility. And my preference within that job is Black subjectivity. Meaning I’m… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
It's very nourishing and collaborative - kind of the true essence of what one would want an artistic collaboration to be [the… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I mean, if this [film Age of Trump] wasn't on Netflix, it would be playing at some lovely art house theater on… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
“A black woman making art is a disruptive act. Every story that I tell as a woman is a political act, even… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
We're living based on laws and ideas that we, as a society, embraced back in the days of slavery. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for people who… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Netflix represents, as well as all the streaming services, something that I've been talking about being so important to inclusive voices around films. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I've been to Sundance eight times as a publicist and thought I was very prepared. I mean, who could've been more prepared for me?… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I think it's a wonderful time to be a black woman who makes films. It's a good time to be an artist period. Traditional… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
I make films about black women and it doesn't mean that you can't see them as a black man, doesn't mean that he can't… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
The documentaries were something that I could do for a small amount of money, and then I felt like as long as I found… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
![“As a Black woman filmmaker I feel that’s my job: visibility. And my preference within that job is Black subjectivity. Meaning I’m interested in the lives of Black folk as the subject. Not the predicate, not the tangent.[These stories] deserve to be told. Not as sociology, not as spectacle, not as…” quote by Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/407/ava-duvernay-4018_art_as-a-black-woman-filmmaker-i-feel-that-s_614667.jpg)
![“It's very nourishing and collaborative - kind of the true essence of what one would want an artistic collaboration to be [the collaboration with Oprah Winfrey].” quote by Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eba/ava-duvernay-4018_art_it-s-very-nourishing-and-collaborative-k_1154794.jpg)
![“I mean, if this [film Age of Trump] wasn't on Netflix, it would be playing at some lovely art house theater on the West Side once or twice or for a week or maybe two weeks if I was lucky and then it would go away, and I'd be lucky if I could sell the DVDs off my website.” quote by Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2d4/ava-duvernay-4018_age_i-mean-if-this-film-age-of-trump-wasn-t_2699170.jpg)
![“[ Hollywood] is a patriarchy, headed by men and built for men.” quote by Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/845/ava-duvernay-4018_built_hollywood-is-a-patriarchy-headed-by-men_308720.jpg)