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      • DuVernay hasn’t identified her targets just yet, but she does know that she won’t constrain herself to the world of filmmaking when it comes to distributing the funds: “It’s a big wide world out there and it's going to take some time to really watch and learn and meet and travel.” In the meantime, DuVernay is not losing sight of her roots.
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  2. Aug 2, 2024 · In the meantime, DuVernay is not losing sight of her roots. Born in Long Beach, California and raised in Compton, which lacked a local movie theatre, DuVernay is well aware of the...

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  3. Aug 13, 2024 · In the meantime, DuVernay is not losing sight of her roots. Born in Long Beach, California and raised in Compton, which lacked a local movie theatre, DuVernay is well aware of the “cinema segregation” that can affect Black and brown communities.

  4. Mar 7, 2024 · Following its history-making premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2023, Ava DuVernay’s sweeping, ambitious and utterly devastating Origin was wholly overlooked by the Academy, despite unquestionably being the 13th director’s most remarkable film to date.

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  5. Jan 21, 2024 · Ava DuVernay says ‘Origin’ is bigger than awards but still worth the nomination "Sometimes I have been guilty of losing sight... because you get caught up in the drama of the awards," the ...

  6. Jun 2, 2024 · 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...

  7. Jan 18, 2024 · The reason DuVernay moved “Origin” away from Netflix was partly a matter of timing. The streamer had reportedly eyed a 2025 release, but the director wanted the film out well ahead of the 2024 ...

  8. Dec 20, 2023 · Many of her backers had never invested in feature films before, but they believed in her vision. In the early stages, they had the film set up with Netflix, but DuVernay said there was a timing...