Ava DuVernay

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Ava DuVernay smiling at an event in 2016, wearing long earrings and her hair in locs over one shoulder.

Actress Tessa Thompson, as her character in the film Selma, sits in a car looking out the window with a serious expression.

Ava DuVernay: Media

American director and screenwriter

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Ava DuVernay smiling at an event in 2016, wearing long earrings and her hair in locs over one shoulder.

Ava DuVernay

Ava DuVernay, 2016.

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Selma

Selma

David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr., and Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King...

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Actress Tessa Thompson, as her character in the film Selma, sits in a car looking out the window with a serious expression.

Tessa Thompson in Selma

Actress Tessa Thompson in a scene from the film Selma (2014).

© 2014 Pathé/Harpo Films/Paramount Pictures

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