By the end of the documentary [ '13th'], you really understand what prison is, what the prison industrial complex is, where this whole Black Lives Matter movement comes from, the history of resistance, the history of how politicians have used criminality over the decades for a particular political gain. It's to give people an understanding of it so they can make their own decisions about how they want to be in the world.
When I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is happy. - Ava Duvernay
When I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is happy.
- Ava Duvernay
There’s something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It’s a different perspective. It is a reflection … - Ava Duvernay
There’s something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It’s a different perspective. It is a reflection …
Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and pat her on the back, or if… - Ava Duvernay
Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and pat her on the back, or if…
I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist. - Ava Duvernay
I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist.
Don't wait for permission to do something creative. - Ava Duvernay
Don't wait for permission to do something creative.
I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you. - Ava Duvernay
I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you.
Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story. - Ava Duvernay
Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story.
When you're in your lane, there's no traffic. - Ava Duvernay
When you're in your lane, there's no traffic.
If you have the ability to do something, you should do it. - Ava Duvernay
If you have the ability to do something, you should do it.
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