Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley
Ava DuVernay, born August 24, 1972 in Long Beach California. DuVernay was inspired to follow her passion of art by DuVernay's aunt Denise when she was a kid. The aunt who was a night shift nurse, let her explore art and literature as well as the theatre in daylight. The aunt introduced DuVernay the 1961 film West Side Story and DuVernay fell in love with it. DuVernay saw how art was an effective way to spread social activism. DuVernay learned to be socially mindful from her mother. DuVernay resided in Compton throughout her youth, however she spent every summer in the company of her extended family members located in Lowndes County Alabama. The father of DuVernay's mother recalled Civil Rights marches that occurred on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Selma town that was nearby, Alabama. The time spent in Selma, Alabama during the summer, was later the inspiration to write a script for a film based on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as his Civil Rights Movement. In 1990 DuVernay was a graduate of Saint Joseph High School in Lakewood California. Following graduation, DuVernay enrolled in the University of California Los Angeles where she earned degrees in English and African American study. DuVernay discovered a passion for the field of broadcast journalism while a student. She began her career as an intern for CBS News, during the O.J. Simpson Trial. DuVernay recalled being instructed to look at the trash from a home belonging to a jury member. When she was dissatisfied with journalistic work by the assignments she was handed she decided to pursue a career in publicity. DuVernay started her career as a junior publicity assistant at a small film studio, right after graduating from the college. In 1999, she founded her own company of public relations dubbed The DuVernay Agency. In addition to PR her agency also created a variety of social media and lifestyle networks, including The Urban Beauty Collective, Urban Thought Collective, Urban Eye and HelloBeautiful. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Her zodiac sign is. The American actress, who is well-known for American Experience (1987), A More Perfect Union (2009) and A More Perfect Union (2009), was born under the zodiac sign of. Autumn played Rose from A More Perfect Union as she played Anna Payne from American Experience.
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