Black History ‘Erryday’: Happy 45th Birthday Ava DuVernay

Kikiposts
2015

Ava Marie DuVernay 8/24/72 Long Beach, CA.

Director, screenwriter, film marketer/distributor

First black woman to win Best Director Prize at Sundance Film Festival in 2012.

First black woman director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2014 for Selma.

First black woman to direct a live-action film with a budget exceeding $100 million.

“I’m not a historian. I’m a storyteller” she said about her rewrites of Selma.

Peace, love, joy, gratitude, faith, courage, compassion, and blessings.

 

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