When I went out to shoot for the first time, I thought this was going to be about the prison industrial complex, purely about prison for profit and the ways in which there's an industry making money and profiting off punishment.
Ava DuVernayI think good publicists are just like good mommies - always looking out, making sure folks are comfortable and making sure that folks are on time and making sure that folks are getting what they need and know what they need to do.
Ava DuVernayI just remember not having access to films as a young person who loved films but living in Compton.
Ava DuVernayHistorically, you've had really muddy, unforgiving, unintentional images of black people.
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