--- title: "14 Black Quotes By Ava DuVernay" description: "14 Black quotes by Ava DuVernay. Plus more from Ava DuVernay and more Black sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/ava-duvernay-4018_black_i-wish-i-could-be-the-black-woman-soderb_2823027.jpg" --- > [I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-wish-i-could-be-the-black-woman-soderbergh-and-put-the-camera-on-my/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/ava-duvernay-4018_black_i-wish-i-could-be-the-black-woman-soderb_2823027.jpg) > [Historically, you've had really muddy, unforgiving, unintentional images of black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/historically-you-ve-had-really-muddy-unforgiving-unintentional-images/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/ava-duvernay-4018_black_historically-you-ve-had-really-muddy-unf_3200700.jpg) > [Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/some-black-filmmakers-will-say-i-don-t-want-to-be-considered-a-black/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3d/ava-duvernay-4018_black_some-black-filmmakers-will-say-i-don-t-w_808008.jpg) > [There’s something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It’s a different perspective. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/there-s-something-very-important-about-films-about-black-women-and/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/ava-duvernay-4018_black_there-s-something-very-important-about-f_2199119.jpg) > [We're told that independent film lovers... folks that are used to watching art house films, won't come out and see a film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/we-re-told-that-independent-film-lovers-folks-that-are-used-to/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/ava-duvernay-4018_art_we-re-told-that-independent-film-lovers_1439533.jpg) > [Is there deeply embedded change within our industry? And I would say, as a black filmmaker, it's easy for me to focus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/is-there-deeply-embedded-change-within-our-industry-and-i-would-say/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/ava-duvernay-4018_asian_is-there-deeply-embedded-change-within-o_1280728.jpg) > [Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/time-will-tell-whether-folks-want-to-point-and-stare-at-the-black/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/ava-duvernay-4018_bits_time-will-tell-whether-folks-want-to-poi_3221849.jpg) > [I think that if we really want to break it down, that non-black filmmakers have had many, many years and many, many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-think-that-if-we-really-want-to-break-it-down-that-non-black/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/ava-duvernay-4018_about_i-think-that-if-we-really-want-to-break_1989092.jpg) > [I think it's a wonderful time to be a black woman who makes films. It's a good time to be an artist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-think-it-s-a-wonderful-time-to-be-a-black-woman-who-makes-films-it/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/ava-duvernay-4018_art_i-think-it-s-a-wonderful-time-to-be-a-bl_166557.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-make-films-about-black-women-and-it-doesn-t-mean-that-you-can-t-see/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/ava-duvernay-4018_black_i-make-films-about-black-women-and-it-do_215343.jpg) > [I just remember not having access to films as a young person who loved films but living in Compton. In order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-just-remember-not-having-access-to-films-as-a-young-person-who/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8e/ava-duvernay-4018_access_i-just-remember-not-having-access-to-fil_1252939.jpg) > [ By the end of the documentary \[ '13th'\], you really understand what prison is, what the prison industrial complex is, where this… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/by-the-end-of-the-documentary-13th-you-really-understand-what-prison/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/ava-duvernay-4018_black_by-the-end-of-the-documentary-13th-you-r_3195703.jpg) > [Black people loving and losing is something we don’t see enough of. We’re always in these heightened situations like something big is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/black-people-loving-and-losing-is-something-we-don-t-see-enough-of-we/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/ava-duvernay-4018_bigs_black-people-loving-and-losing-is-someth_2178840.jpg) > [As a Black woman filmmaker I feel that’s my job: visibility. And my preference within that job is Black subjectivity. Meaning I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/as-a-black-woman-filmmaker-i-feel-that-s-my-job-visibility-and-my/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/ava-duvernay-4018_art_as-a-black-woman-filmmaker-i-feel-that-s_614667.jpg) ## Other authors on Black ## More by Ava DuVernay > [We're living based on laws and ideas that we, as a society, embraced back in the days of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/we-re-living-based-on-laws-and-ideas-that-we-as-a-society-embraced/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/all-the-traditional-models-for-doing-things-are-collapsing-from-music/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [Don't wait for permission to do something creative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/don-t-wait-for-permission-to-do-something-creative/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [Netflix represents, as well as all the streaming services, something that I've been talking about being so important to inclusive voices around films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/netflix-represents-as-well-as-all-the-streaming-services-something/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [I didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-didn-t-go-to-film-school-i-got-my-education-on-the-set-as-a-niche/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [Hollywood needs more women directors, and Mama Ava needs a carafe and a half of that sweet vino divino.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/hollywood-needs-more-women-directors-and-mama-ava-needs-a-carafe-and/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [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?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-ve-been-to-sundance-eight-times-as-a-publicist-and-thought-i-was/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-think-it-s-a-wonderful-time-to-be-a-black-woman-who-makes-films-it/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [I think for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-think-for-female-filmmakers-a-big-issue-is-making-their-second-and/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-make-films-about-black-women-and-it-doesn-t-mean-that-you-can-t-see/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [The documentaries were something that I could do for a small amount of money, and then I felt like as long as I found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/the-documentaries-were-something-that-i-could-do-for-a-small-amount/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [ \[ Hollywood\] is a patriarchy, headed by men and built for men. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/hollywood-is-a-patriarchy-headed-by-men-and-built-for-men/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [I know that sounds a little bit corny, but I've found some solace in that. I hope art can continue to do that for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-know-that-sounds-a-little-bit-corny-but-i-ve-found-some-solace-in/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [We have to find new ways to work without permission, new ways to turn corners and go through doors that are closed off to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/we-have-to-find-new-ways-to-work-without-permission-new-ways-to-turn/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) > [We're a new world and it's not pretty. It's going to be for the brave to figure out how to survive in this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/we-re-a-new-world-and-it-s-not-pretty-it-s-going-to-be-for-the-brave/) [Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/ava-duvernay/#itemlist", "name": "14 Black Quotes By Ava DuVernay", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ava DuVernay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/i-wish-i-could-be-the-black-woman-soderbergh-and-put-the-camera-on-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/ava-duvernay-4018_black_i-wish-i-could-be-the-black-woman-soderb_2823027.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/ava-duvernay-4018_black_i-wish-i-could-be-the-black-woman-soderb_2823027.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/ava-duvernay-4018_black_i-wish-i-could-be-the-black-woman-soderb_2823027.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while…” — Ava DuVernay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Historically, you've had really muddy, unforgiving, unintentional images of black people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ava DuVernay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/historically-you-ve-had-really-muddy-unforgiving-unintentional-images/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/ava-duvernay-4018_black_historically-you-ve-had-really-muddy-unf_3200700.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/ava-duvernay-4018_black_historically-you-ve-had-really-muddy-unf_3200700.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/ava-duvernay-4018_black_historically-you-ve-had-really-muddy-unf_3200700.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Historically, you've had really muddy, unforgiving, unintentional images of black people.” — Ava DuVernay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some black filmmakers will say, \"I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker.\" I don't think that. 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