Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay is an American filmmaker known for directing works that center Black American experiences and history.
Her documentary *13th* examined the intersection of race and mass incarceration; her film *Selma* dramatized the 1965 voting rights marches.
She became the first Black woman to direct a film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and the first to direct a film with a budget over $100 million (*A Wrinkle in Time*).
- SelmaAlabama civil rights city
- filmmakerOne who makes movies
- directorOne who leads
- 13thOrdinal after twelve
- mass incarcerationExcessive imprisonment at scale
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directorial vision and social focus
Ava DuVernayMichael Bay
representation and industry access
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