Ava duvernay

David Remnick interviews the filmmaker Ava DuVernay about the inspiration for her latest film, “Origins.”

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Meet O's visionary for April 2020: Ava DuVernay, director of Selma and creator/executive producer of Queen Sugar, is forging a path for diverse artists in Hollywood.

'Origin' is the latest of Ava DuVernay's ambitious works in a career marked by art created by underrepresented voices for underrepresented communities.

Ava DuVernay, filmographer and director.

Ava DuVernay made history with Selma. Now, in two new films, she’s taking on America’s prison system—and tesseracting through the universe.

Director Ava DuVernay's breakthrough 2014 film, Selma, earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director, the first for a female African-American auteur. The Compton-raised filmmaker is now helming television shows like Queen Sugar and the upcoming big budget fantasy film, A Wrinkle in Time .

She merges sci-fi’s embrace of the Other with her own vision for a better, more inclusive future.

Take a look back at the women who helped us get to where we are today, from early activists and suffragists to modern-day politicians and CEOs.

From Halle to Yara and Issa, the attendees who ruled last night's red carpet.