Oscar-nominated filmmaker, founder of ARRAY and academy governor, Ava DuVernay is best known as a trailblazing content creator and champion for diverse voices and up-and-coming filmmakers. In the final episode in the series “Academy Dialogues: Broadening the Aperture of Excellence,” Ava DuVernay sits down with two dynamic female filmmakers who paved the way and inspired her – Julie Dash (“Daughters of the Dust”) and Euzhan Palcy (“Sugar Cane Alley”).
The filmmakers examine whether there is an objective form of measurement in the arts and how the Hollywood system can broaden its aperture to appreciate storytelling from the worldviews of different ethnic and racial communities. Watch the final episode below!
HIGHLIGHTS:
“So many people always talk about ‘Ava, you’re the first this, first that,’ and I never lose an opportunity to talk about the women who not only came before, but who I had the opportunity to work beside.” – Ava DuVernay
“I never had dreams of working in Hollywood. I had dreams of being a storyteller. I had dreams of making films and experimenting with ways of telling a story, and that I have done.” – Julie Dash
“With my camera…I am trying to heal the wounds created by history.” – Euzhan Palcy
For more information on this Academy Dialogue and others in the series, please click here.
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