https://twitter.com/ava/status/1211764812125884416?s=21 https://twitter.com/ava/status/1211770457927516160?s=21With momentum from BET, got a job from @Essence to direct the 2010 ESSENCE MUSIC FEST. Had no clue what I was doing, but did it. 16 cameras in the Superdome. Still one of my faves.
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 30, 2019
That year, I also made a short doc about Katrina survivors for @tvonetv. pic.twitter.com/Uw8ncPcN8O
If there was a moment that changed things, it was getting into + winning at @sundancefest.
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 30, 2019
I wish it didn’t take this to give myself – and everyone else – confidence in me. But it did.
The next day, I left my job to try to be a full-time filmmaker. 2012. pic.twitter.com/oMPynHIaUs
https://twitter.com/ava/status/1211783177112416256?s=21MIDDLE OF NOWHERE was distributed by hand via a community model I founded called AFFRM.
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 30, 2019
We launched with three nights of dinners at Sundance to discuss the state of black film. Remember that @BarryJenkins?
AFFRM was the seed for what is now @ARRAY. Now, 9 years strong. pic.twitter.com/u3ucFfeGro
The second was given to me by the legend @shondarhimes and the talented director @tomverica. I got to direct an episode of my very favorite show at the time: SCANDAL. @kerrywashington @tonygoldwyn + the cast were kind. The experience made me want to give it to others. pic.twitter.com/fVJ8CnYK2c
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 30, 2019
The third post-Sundance gig came from the good folks at @ESPN Films. A documentary for their women-centric spin-off of @30for30.
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 30, 2019
I pitched them a story most didn’t know involving the great Venus Williams.
VENUS VS was born. I love this film. 2013. pic.twitter.com/LK8pgptTX1
https://twitter.com/ava/status/1211792239048847360?s=21The next film came because my friend David Oyelowo wanted to play Dr. King.
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 30, 2019
He convinced the producers to try me after many directors had left the project. I wrote a script for the budget they had, which got it greenlit. And we began.
SELMA. 2014. ✊????pic.twitter.com/qyDQiEpzHc
Then, I got to give the experience I had directing SCANDAL to other women who the industry was not calling. @Oprah encouraged me to create my own show. Warner Bros supported me producing it the way I wanted.
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 30, 2019
QUEEN SUGAR.
2016.
Still going strong. pic.twitter.com/xw4wBqEbDc
https://twitter.com/ava/status/1211805315357798402?s=21 https://twitter.com/ava/status/1211808410108227584?s=21 https://twitter.com/ava/status/1211812128279027713?s=21 https://twitter.com/ava/status/1211816189862633472?s=21While making QUEEN SUGAR, I was also making a secret documentary with @Netflix.
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 31, 2019
It was never announced. No one knew it existed until Kent Jones selected it as the @NYFF Opening Night film. First doc to ever open the fest.
13TH
2016 pic.twitter.com/9J7GPQkWNz
So many beautiful professional moments over the past decade.
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 31, 2019
A Barbie doll.
Being a part of the Cannes jury.
The cover of Time.
And the most beautiful of all, buying our @ARRAYNow campus and building the @AmandaCinema. pic.twitter.com/KqzkzAwjeu
Thank you so much Ava DuVernayThanks to anyone who rooted for me this decade. Who encouraged me. Who worked by my side as crew, exec or cast. Who came to see one of my films or watched an episode. Who shared a kind word in public or smiled at me from afar. Who prayed for me. I’m eternally and deeply grateful. pic.twitter.com/9jFPZ9zT4d
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 31, 2019
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