#ava duvernay

[thejinxmaster]

Photos of Actors/Actresses wearing Red Pins calling for a Ceasefire

[darlingshane]

Jon Bernthal as Brett Hamilton ORIGIN (2023)

[readyforevolution]

[everyframeapainting20]

This shot from "Selma" frames Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon B. Johnson beneath the looming portrait of George Washington, layering the image with visual and historical tension. Washington—frozen in oil and framed in wood—represents America’s lofty ideals but also its foundational contradictions. Positioned between past and present, MLK and LBJ embody the fight to close the gap between those ideals and the lived reality of racial injustice. The composition doesn’t just stage a conversation—it stages a reckoning. MLK’s push for voting rights collides with Washington’s legacy as both a symbol of democracy and a man who upheld slavery, making the portrait a silent but potent reminder of the unfinished work of equality. It’s a shot that demands we examine who we honor, what we inherit, and whether progress is ever truly out of frame.

[padawan-historian]

Harriet said "Hold on"

Zora said "Kinfolk over skinfolk"

Pauli said "Hope is a song"

Fannie said "sick n' tired of bein sick n' tired"

Rosa said "Nah"

Audre said "Enuf"

Cori said "Fuck fascism"

[womantoday]

Danai Gurira, CCH Pounder, Kerry Washington, Carmen Ejogo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ava DuVernay, Zoe Saldaña, Rosario Dawson, Nicole Beharie, Anika Noni Rose

LaTanya Richardson, Angela Bassett, Marianne Jean-Baptise, Loretta Devine, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Lorraine Toussaint, Viola Davis, Jurnee Smollett, Margaret Avery

Lynn Whitfield, Kim Wayans, Khandi Alexander, Aisha Tyler, Yolonda Ross {February 18, 2015}

[artfilmfan]

Origin (Ava Duvernay, 2023)

[fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors]

It’s bittersweet to so often be referred to as “the first black woman” to do things. It’s tragic that firsts are still being made at this late hour. How can I celebrate myself as the first when so many more talented, creative people came before, but weren’t allowed the opportunities?

Ava Duvernay

[fyblackwomenart]

Ava Marie DuVernay by Erin K. Robinson

“Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story”

[drrav3nb]

BENJAMIN BRATT as Parco Delgado DMZ (2022) dir. Ava DuVernay

[jasminejarss]

Origin (2023) dir. Ava DuVernay

[darlingshane]

Jon Bernthal as Brett Hamilton ORIGIN (2023)

[readyforevolution]

[michonnes]

Everywhere. All over the place. There's connective tissue. All of this, all of it... is linked.

[pinesource]

A Wrinkle in Time (2018) dir. Ava Duvernay / Behind The Scenes

[gonniedrew]

filmmaker ava duvernay photographed by norma jean roy for vanity fair, 2024.