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> [The idea that we criminalize fellow human beings based on optics, based on the need to progress in politics and gain power, and for economic reasons and financial reasons, for financial gains, and we throw out humanization for criminalization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-duvernay/the-idea-that-we-criminalize-fellow-human-beings-based-on-optics/)

[Ava DuVernay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-duvernay/)

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## 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/)

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