True change is a long game, and it remains to be seen if this is change. We've had years before where there have been great years for filmmakers and performers of color, LGBTQ filmmakers and performers, women.
Ava DuVernayHistorically, you've had really muddy, unforgiving, unintentional images of black people.
Ava DuVernayWhat we tried to do in 13th was get to the bottom of that. What were they motivated by? But certainly the attention that the Attorney General's office paid to it allowed for there to be some dialogue across the aisle that I think were the first steps then in change.
Ava DuVernayI didn't go to film school. I got my education on the set as a niche publicist in the film industry.
Ava DuVernay