Ava DuVernay

Writer, producer, filmmaker
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Ava DuVernay is a writer, producer, director and founder of ARRAY, a Peabody Award-winning arts collective centering work by women and people of color.

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In 2012, Ava DuVernay's film Middle of Nowhere garnered the Best Director Award. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for the historical drama Selma (2014) and the criminal justice documentary 13th (2016). Other notable work includes her acclaimed television series which aired for seven seasons Queen Sugar (2015), the highest-grossing feature by Black woman director in American box office history A Wrinkle in Time (2018) and her limited series which garnered 16 Emmy nominations When They See Us (2019). Her latest film, Origin, made history as the first film by an African-American woman director to debut in competition at the Venice Film Festival.

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A world view: Talks from day 1 of TEDWomen 2023

October 12, 2023

TEDWomen 2023 kicked off in its new home of Atlanta, Georgia with a moving and wide-ranging session of talks and performances about the future of global democracy, the pursuit of freedom in Russia and Ukraine, the path to recovery for survivors and more. The event: Session 1 of TEDWomen 2023, hosted by TEDWomen editorial director […]

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Action: Notes from Session 5 of the Countdown Global Launch

October 10, 2020

Countdown is a global initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. Watch the talks, interviews and performances from the Countdown Global Launch at ted.com/countdown. It’s time to take action. This closing session of the Countdown Global Launch explored the road ahead: How to think urgently and long-term about climate change. How to take into […]

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