I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets.
Ava DuVernayI 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 see them as a white man or she can't see them as a white woman.
Ava DuVernayIf your work is solid, it really doesn't matter what people you know because good work starts to rise to the top.
Ava DuVernayI'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.
Ava DuVernay