Ava DuVernay
A Personal Reminder that Women Have What it Takes to Make Film.
“I rarely meet people who tell me what they’re doing.”
-Ava DuVernay
When I was 13 years old, I received an award from my eighth grade teacher, in which she predicted my future career as a “comedy screenwriter.” At that time, I had no idea what a screenwriter was. I, of... Read more »
See it Now: Middle of Nowhere explores the limits of loyalty and loneliness
The tenderness of black women growing in self-love and self-possession is rare in modern cinema. If we are young, we are exploited (see: Precious) if we are grown and in love, black female characters are consumed with body-racking pain (see: For Colored Girls, Monster’s... Read more »
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