00:00When you're from places like South Central and Compton and Oakland and Harlem and Selma and
00:05Ferguson and Gary and the South Side of Chicago, etc., you have a second sight. It's always with
00:13you. It's like a superpower. Ava DuVernay is a wildly potent filmmaker. She's a critically
00:18acclaimed director, writer, marketer, and film distributor whose content pulls on heartstrings.
00:23DuVernay is using the power of storytelling to rewrite the cultural narrative. She is no doubt
00:28a force to be reckoned with. Here are the receipts. She is the first black woman to win Best Director
00:34at Sundance, first black woman to be nominated for Best Director at Golden Globes, first black woman
00:39to direct the film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, and the first black woman to direct the
00:45film with a budget over $100 million. And when she's not smashing boundaries, she is amplifying
00:50underrepresented filmmakers through her non-profit, Array Crew. Ms. DuVernay, we see you.
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