You guys, please don’t give me a hard time for posting two Ava DuVernay items in a row, ok? I’m not going around the web on a scavenger hunt searching exclusively for Ava-themed posts, I promise you. Just that these two thing happened to fall into my lap, one right after the other, and I think they’re both really great, so that’s the way the content fell into place, alright? If you think this sudden Avalanche is Ava overload, then I trust you know to scroll, but gosh, I’m tellin ya, if you don’t agree that both these DuVernay items are lovely and inspiring, well, I guess you and I can’t be friends anymore.
DuVernay’s Keynote Address at the Film Independent Forum in 2013 runs for 42 minutes. If you can’t spare 42 minutes right now, dip in and try a 2=minute sip, or a quick 5-minute sample — whatever amount of time you can spare, I swear to you will be filled with insight and uplift.
I watched the whole thing. Fascinating woman – feels almost like an old friend. It made me want to go see SELMA again.
Same every year imo. plenty of excitement in early december and early january bc of all the critics awards and industry noms, then it’s a long drag until march.
“Funny how a season that is allegedly still wide open can be so boring.”
But this is what so many people wanted when the critics awards were coming out, more excitement. Now it’s boring? This isn’t directed at you explicitly, Christophe, just to those who complained every day when new batches of awards came out. “Are you not entertained?”
in any case the initials AD remain, maybe it was predestination that Sasha chose this name
By a curious course of events, it was only chosen cos of the Academy being cunts. And then they wouldn’t nominate Ava DuVernay either cos, well, duh, they’re cunts.
Vincent, Congrats you beat me to it! i was going to say in any case the initials AD remain, maybe it was predestination that Sasha chose this name. I’m going to sleep through the rest of the season anyway. Funny how a season that is allegedly still wide open can be so boring.
So, wait, is this awardsdaily.com or AvaDuVernayFanClub.com? 😛
How dare you post whatever you feel like posting, sir. But, as always, I’ll have to wait until I’m out of the office to see these things. Ava is a refreshing voice in the industry, any posts of her speaking are worthwhile.