“Make the film that’s in your heart,” Ava DuVernay told The Times’ Ducassi when asked what she tells early-career filmmakers who may be intimidated by the economic challenges of entering the film ...

*For years, Ava DuVernay has been one of Hollywood’s most respected—and most private—powerhouses. The acclaimed director of Selma, 13th, and Origin has often spoken openly about choosing to focus on ...

A typical afternoon at Ava DuVernay’s sprawling, 14,000-square-foot creative headquarters in Historic Filipinotown is a buzzing, bustling sight: Staff from the Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s arts and ...

The directors Charles Burnett, Ava DuVernay and others share five films that have been unjustly overlooked. By Lovia Gyarkye Victoria Mahoney, director of “The Old Guard 2,” experienced homelessness ...

The first Black woman to direct a $100 million-grossing film is shunning the studios and their rules — and turning to philanthropists like Melinda French Gates. There is very little about Ava DuVernay ...

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