A lot of work was done with one of my best friends and editor, Spencer Averick, who's edited everything I've ever made… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
The traditional ways to make a film, the traditional ways to share a film, have all collapsed. There are no gatekeepers, per… — 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
Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through. Studios no longer… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
There's no reason not to employ, seek out and take a chance on a woman filmmaker that you might not have been… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease… — 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
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