Let’s acknowledge that Maggie McGrath has done it yet again! Such a sensational interview with the lovely Ava DuVernay! Eloquent and brilliant exchange between the two. Great questions for Ava, allowing her to deliver such a concise response throughout the conversation!
@akaziaj2 ай бұрын
I wish Ava would have spoken the names of some of pioneering Black women directors like: Julie Dash, Debbie Allen, Euzhan Palcy, Madeline Anderson, Neema Barnette. All of these women have created and or directed films. Ava stands on their shoulders even if she did not have them has mentors. Our success and our failures are linked.
@jordanabeaulieu25302 ай бұрын
Oh my God, I am so happy to hear you talk about Euzhan Palcy. I will never forget the movie: rue case-nègre!
@JasmineBrann2 ай бұрын
What an incredibly inspiring interview! Ava is so wise and brilliant.
@neonlooiz2 ай бұрын
Omg how is she over 50 😅Also the confrontational wink at 00:06 is sending meeeee 🤣
@BlaqStar45242 ай бұрын
creeped me out with the big eyes
@emptyheart092 ай бұрын
Nothing I love more than hearing from brilliant minds at work sharing their first-hand experiences. I'm truly intrigued by how it all comes together than the process itself. Hey Ava, I don't think you ever see this but you're such an inspiration to me as a scriptwriter and a cinematographer who dreams of one day making movies/ TV shows. I hope I end up making my kind of cinema and having something all to myself more than just a legacy on paper. Here's to the best and the future. With love, hard work, and action in 1.2.3 🎬 ❤ 🙏
@anointedra2 ай бұрын
I absolutely love her and her work. So inspirational! Continued blessings to Ava!!
@uniquelymestudioАй бұрын
20:36 -21:37 brought me to tears!!! EMPOWERING words!!! Ms. DuVernay's spirit is as bright as her outfit!!! Inspiration is an understatement!! Blessings to you and the important and lovely stories you tell!!
@iamchocolatfairy2 ай бұрын
the love i have for this woman,her natural ease and grace,her supreme intelligence.such a welcome version of woman.
@AutuerPreneur2 ай бұрын
Love it!! I didn’t know Ms. DuVernay started that late in the business. She’s an inspiration ❤
@ScaryToRemarry2 ай бұрын
Ava is such an inspiration! I have a groundbreaking TV Show idea to share with her
@karissarobinson18922 ай бұрын
💛💛💛💛💛🙌🏾🙏🏾♥️THANK YOU AVA and Maggie ORIGIN was EVERYTHING SAW IT TWICE IN THEATERS and was moooooved in every way!!!! BRAVO
@WamuyuGatheru2 ай бұрын
So nice when she says we should own what's in our heads. Including when to try again, to take one step, to walk across the room! I had a knee operation not too long ago. A shower was an achievement
@bibinoojen2 ай бұрын
Great interview!! GREAT questions!!
@DesTheAmazon2 ай бұрын
15:28 - 15:45 🥲 This resonated all to well. I, at age 29 have always yearned to be listed under the Forbes 30 under 30 list! But hearing that the 50 over 50 is an even cooler group of people gives me more hope to make it there 😄
@dangerusscurvs47092 ай бұрын
Compton STAND UP!!!❤
@idillard2 ай бұрын
Everything Ava touches is gold! I love her work!!!
@4sightfilmsLLC2 ай бұрын
Ava is extraordinary. Much respect to her, and the work she is doing. This is inspiring!
@mamabear32172 ай бұрын
Yes, Ava, I am taking notes.
@UrusaroKalimba2 ай бұрын
I read Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, soooo good❤
@OliviaAmbani2 ай бұрын
Loved this interview so much!! from the insight on the funding side and all also Ava's point on the importance of access to view films in various formats, soo key!!!
@crystalshipfilmmakers30022 ай бұрын
UCLA Alumni 🎉 Ava has been a true game changer in the entertainment industry.
@LizNeptune2 ай бұрын
Origins needs to be talked about MORE! Fantastic message and history behind this movie.
@tebogomogase28772 ай бұрын
Please do mystery
@sthomas32642 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh!!!! This is what I doooo when engaging with people! There are truly so many stories all around us!
@StephenLee5292 ай бұрын
Thank you Ava
@MarianM20232 ай бұрын
Embracing different perspectives.❤
@johnl53162 ай бұрын
She used to live 2 houses from me in Hollywood. On the street she was pleasant
@rondapierce62152 ай бұрын
very good interview!
@Passion84GodAlways2 ай бұрын
I'm looking forward to watching and learning! 👑
@acidpandatv2 ай бұрын
This was a good, brief interview. Though the last question about advice is generally answered the same way from established filmmakers (has been for generations). I think we should reframe the question as interviewers to be: what advice would you give to yourself when you were making your first film?
@no_one5142 ай бұрын
Thank you! 10:41pm 8-14-24
@sthomas32642 ай бұрын
Phenomenal, extraordinarily. What a way to reclaim and uplift the power of narratives.
@matthewprince97052 ай бұрын
YES, YES, YES! We need an extended video seminar in an auditorium for future Black filmmakers so they can learn how to make mid-budget Black filmmaking and stop asking major (White) studios and begging Tyler Perry to raise his game up. Let's set up as many independent studios as possible!
@ladoubleu55342 ай бұрын
She is awesome.
@jmladygodsgrace27882 ай бұрын
#WonderfulTalk!!! ❤🎉❤
@TheVampirePredator2 ай бұрын
Anyone remember when she was supposed to direct Black Panther and they removed her from the production because she wanted to tell the story that Cap and Iron Man were racist villains fighting T’Challa? The MCU dodged a bullet getting rid of her…
@karissarobinson18922 ай бұрын
Yaaas great segment🫶🏾💛🙌🏾
@sistercircle94312 ай бұрын
🔥 🔥🔥🔥 Spot on.
@todrapayne2 ай бұрын
Ava is my inspiration.
@KCNwokoye2 ай бұрын
Love Ava
@krystib32832 ай бұрын
Ava I have a teenage niece that wants to be a film maker. Can she meet you??
@adriennehines58452 ай бұрын
yea
@LarisGuzman2 ай бұрын
Much love from El chapo son laris Anthony forschen Guzman from Dunseith North Dakota native American Chippewa and Mexican God bless you all 🙏🤟
@RueAbreu2 ай бұрын
great
21 күн бұрын
I freaking love you. And I just finished the 7 husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Please marry me. hahah
@Thefrmgallery2 ай бұрын
🥇
@BillionGODSun2 ай бұрын
🖤✊🏿
@AmericanObserver-kq7ye2 ай бұрын
👩🏽🦱 Usually, people 50 and older are wise like Ava DuVernay.
@Bayansulu_nb2 ай бұрын
❤️
@rethabilenxumalo97422 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@SamanthaSalmon2 ай бұрын
she said she self funded films int he beginning with $100k and $50k. where did she get that money from?
@LPAFilm2 ай бұрын
Right lol...tell me somebody! Also, her first film had some good name actors...so she must have been connected coming into the industry or had a lot of money.
@jedilikereflex2 ай бұрын
Maybe it was her 401K
@nameundefinedname53072 ай бұрын
she on that ozempic?
@Karla-ho1qt2 ай бұрын
You see??
@YoungDecent12 ай бұрын
❤
@Bayansulu_nb2 ай бұрын
👍
@enkayar7182 ай бұрын
I hear the words "different" a lot but everything she produces feels the same. Different deliveries, but same imagery, same narrative, same stories. Is that the "difference" she's referring to?
@lemostjoyousrenegade2 ай бұрын
I haven't see all of her works, but oddly, she LOOKS quite different. Her lovely dimples seem to have disappeared and her facial muscles seem different..constricted, less relaxed/natural. She's still beautiful, something just seems off about her face and facial expressions.
2 ай бұрын
If the MAGA folks could actually understand what the disenfranchised of America have actually already survived they would then better understand why we are not going back ever. And why it isn't up to them.💙
@TheNopeDude2 ай бұрын
My ozempic sister I’m Christ yaaas
@Bayansulu_nb2 ай бұрын
😘
@growden1002 ай бұрын
Ava looks 40
@BestFitSquareChannel2 ай бұрын
🌞🫶🏻🖖🏼
@HarisonThes2 ай бұрын
Her new film Origin was a box office bomb. No wonder major studios didn't want to work with her 😂
@ReadWell5722 ай бұрын
was not a good bomb you survived to tell us about the bomb.
@iammilorex2 ай бұрын
The box office doesn't determine if a film is successful or not. The film was still profitable and had impact socially.
@HarisonThes2 ай бұрын
@iammilorex I will give her credit for delivering a good movie. Critically, it did well, but please.... the movie was a box office bomb. It lost the studio/investors a lot of money. Budget: 40M, Box office 5M, that's like a 40M loss if you take in count all the other expenses
@todrapayne2 ай бұрын
And that's all the studios care about. The bottom dollar. Art is more than that. The American audience has been given many simplistic movies with little value, so FILMS are not well received. That's why many international films are so much better, but rarely seen by American audiences. Your comment and perspective prove that perfectly.
@kimberlyosborn74252 ай бұрын
This a man???
@sistercircle94312 ай бұрын
You GO SisterQueen!! 50 over 50, thats whassup!!! Congratulations for following your dreams and expanding your own possibilities. Thank you for being an example to us all. ❤️🫶🏽🙏🏽👸🏽🎉🎉🎉🎉 #BlackBruinsRock