Ava DuVernay Didn't Want to be a "Social Justice Girl" With Her Work

Ava DuVernay Didn't Want to be a "Social Justice Girl" With Her Work | Close Up

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5 жыл бұрын

Ava DuVernay ('When They See Us') joins Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter's TV Directors Roundtable to talk about her initial reluctance to being considered a "social justice girl" with her work, having counselors on set for the actors when dealing with true, traumatic stories, and more.
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@classassignment3643 5 жыл бұрын

I love that she has counselors on set for her actors.

@ayudone8673 5 жыл бұрын

Such a phenomenal lady... _When They See Us_ was heartbreakingly accurate and a much needed story to be told 👏🏾👏🏾

@icemachine79 4 жыл бұрын

Accurate? Not in the least. You can watch the actual police interviews and NONE of them went down the way DuVernay claimed.

@Jamal3.87 5 жыл бұрын

She is so regal. A Queen. I, a lowly subject, bow down to Her Excellency. Continued success to her!!!

@lightuponlight6727 5 жыл бұрын

Ava, you are a A LIGHT!

@kanyetothe 5 жыл бұрын

There's no director that does such important and of quality work as Ava Duvernay right now. She should keep the social justice woman badge on, she does it justice and she is tremendously gifted. She truly deserves all of the praises and accolades for "When they see us" It was sublime on so, many, different, levels.

@BigTone999 5 жыл бұрын

I said to my sister she's the most talented person in film.

@icemachine79 4 жыл бұрын

Not really. It was a hack job by a person who doesn't care about the truth. She threw LBJ under the bus in 2014 and now she's throwing rape victims under the bus.

@icemachine79 4 жыл бұрын

@ThatOneAsianBroChick Nope.

@jaffacakes8146 5 жыл бұрын

We gotta protect Ava at all costs 💞💞💞

@rozodezo2000 Жыл бұрын

She should be fired at all costs

@TravisHouze 5 жыл бұрын

I totally understand what Ava’s saying. I always felt that social political films are hear strong suit, but also wanting to have a film or 2 in between to break out of the genre.

@rosemKate 5 жыл бұрын

I love Ava so much! Continue to shine the light in the darkness

@atikah47 5 жыл бұрын

God bless Ava for her work and we need more women like her. Now I will go watch all her work

@tionak 5 жыл бұрын

I’m here for Ava and anything she does. Love her so much 👏🏽🙌🏾

@kojikaze8228 5 жыл бұрын

Teaira, First Of My Name Did you watch A wrinkle in time at the theatre?

@beniology101 5 жыл бұрын

Ms. Ava DuVernay, take me as your child. I want to be a part of your amazing work.💯

@honeycakeszzz356 5 жыл бұрын

I can listen to her talk all day ❤️

@UKLeonie 5 жыл бұрын

Claim your throne, sometimes you have to accept the gift that you have, and the direction the cosmos needs you to go to.

@WamuyuGatheru 5 жыл бұрын

was thinking the same thing. she did a brilliant brilliant job

@Alize229 5 жыл бұрын

I am glad When They See Us was written and directed by an African American. We have been over looked since we have been on this earth. I am proud of Ava🤗.

@may.k_me 5 жыл бұрын

I love that she had a counselor on set in case someone needed to just talk it out. I never realized how some actors really carry their characters around with them till I heard Any Adams talking about how hard it was for her with Sharp Objects, and Nicole Kidman and her character on Big Little Lies

@Ernie1978 5 жыл бұрын

Ava is a real game changer, I really look up to her and the way she thinks and films and gives herself to the stories. When They See Us was hard to watch but it teaches so much. Everybody everywhere should see it.

@megmo05 5 жыл бұрын

Love love love Ava

@hannahd6872 5 жыл бұрын

I really like this interviewer 👍

@BarLadyy 5 жыл бұрын

Hannah Davey YAAAAASSSSS!!!!!

@universalsoldier2293 5 жыл бұрын

It's not her fault. When you only have one view of the world, you tend to think everything is shaped that way and read the facts through that lens. Victimhood is an awfully tantalizing place to live.

@brittneywilliams9270 5 жыл бұрын

Ava is amazing 🖤💕🖤

@EmperorTChalla 5 жыл бұрын

A LEGEND

@hussleman96 5 жыл бұрын

Much respect to Ava on this film project.

@Kasafadie 5 жыл бұрын

Thats my girl, I love everything she does ❤️

@nancyismyname 5 жыл бұрын

It’s so hard to feel like you don’t belong in a room where virtually no one looks like you. But I aspire to cultivate the level of confidence Ava Duvernay has within herself to know that she does indeed belong there, and with her head held high!!! I am so proud of this woman, have followed her career and will continue to support her projects because storytelling is an art, especially storytelling from the Black perspective, and I appreciate the griot in Ava. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@rozodezo2000 Жыл бұрын

Yeah yeah yeah fake oppression LOL

@bigupyuself 5 жыл бұрын

Ava Durvenay is teaching me how to embrace my pretty and my talented and my smart.

@Noura-bv9pv 5 жыл бұрын

When are you uploading this full roundtable? Peter Gould and Ava Duvernay ❤️

@alexandragrace8164 5 жыл бұрын

Ava is so imaginative, authentic, talented, and yes- a social justice warrior. It's for these women I will watch anything she makes.

@amypittman7449 5 жыл бұрын

what a beautiful person, thank you, you are a gift! I felt that the Grand Master Flash and Furious Five's song 'It is like a jungle' held great meaning for me when I watched 'When they see us, and the Kaleif Browder story.

@lulu2.056 4 жыл бұрын

I love you Ava DuVernay! You are my role model and inspiration

@NaraNaoko1 5 жыл бұрын

DuVernay is caring enough to ask her cast what they can do to combat the detrimental effects of playing in these heavy roles, and at times, morbid scenarios that have been shown to be potentially harmful to an actor's health, which I feel should be more commonplace in various industries. I mean, look at Heath Ledger and The Dark Knight. How much more of an impact would it have had on him to have on set counseling while playing a literal sociopath?

@rozodezo2000 Жыл бұрын

He didn't die because of that role though. What?

@jacobdominguez7808 5 жыл бұрын

Hero

@JordanjamesX 5 жыл бұрын

Ava is hilarious but her comment is true about Hollywood typecasting. Her strength are the social justice films but I understand why she wanted to do a wrinkle in time.

@Nairodmatic 5 жыл бұрын

Check the intensity of the looks when she speaks. Watch yourself Ava DuVernay. They see you as a threat.

@fabienkouabran6481 5 жыл бұрын

Lmfaooo what????

@juanchocorleone 5 жыл бұрын

What the fuck are you talking about?

@CillChainnigh 5 жыл бұрын

It's called listening. They are listening to her.

@postinc 5 жыл бұрын

AVA!!

@Xtheearthchildx 5 жыл бұрын

❤️

@vvk521 5 жыл бұрын

She should write one about hurricane Carter 👊

@marienadinepierre4138 5 жыл бұрын

Jah and Jahnes love. I love goddess Ava. She is a great filmmaker, artist and she speaks Soo well. I am sure that the people who work with her on her films, TV show, Queen Sugar and at Array love her. She is a true leader a beautiful and sexy woman and she dresses Soo nice, love herdreads!!! And she is Soo eloquent and smart. With more women like her, we would win, the cultural war,BlackLiveswould matter! Blessed love.

@halimacandy 5 жыл бұрын

You say the label that means standing for JUSTICE N TRUTH like it's bad thing...she is a BLACK POWER BABE...!!!!

@guybeleeve 5 жыл бұрын

She reminds me of Laila Ali for some reason, please stay away from weird stuff like a wrinkle in time. Period pieces are what you’re great with. Seeing Christian bale as Dick Cheney is strange.

@ddf5878 5 жыл бұрын

I hope "Hollywood" stops typecasting black directors and actors now that they hear that it's insulting to throw the same ish at people.

@espinc3642 5 жыл бұрын

"These actors are so brave".....🤦🏼‍♀️

@WamuyuGatheru 5 жыл бұрын

Ava, this may be your thing. I have not cried so hard in a long time watching a movie. The injustice of the story was the shitiest shit

@coreylevine3856 3 жыл бұрын

We not going to get the New Gods movie

@lilianebeeckman2901 5 жыл бұрын

Ze heeft wat weg van Jinnih Beels. ... ik

@jenniferhizzy6591 3 жыл бұрын

There is nothing wrong with being Social Justice girl

@charisseagnew1788 5 жыл бұрын

& bruh Dave: Well I would think that you wouldn't mind allowing your work to be a sort of social justice but again, That's what A lot of black people does. Sellout for Hollywood, prestige and money but it's okay to do Black movies to get some clout, publicity and money but to be called a social justice attribute through any service . . I thought was great . . Hmm 🤔

@msdjones30 5 жыл бұрын

Typical American's