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It sounds kind of flighty, filmmaker-y, but I believe films are a piece of art. They are meant to be what they're meant to be, and sometimes the artist is informed by the film of what it needs to be.
Ava DuVernay
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Ava DuVernay
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: August 24
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Ava Marie DuVernay
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