Ava DuVernay Is the First Black Woman to Compete at the Venice Film Festival
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This week, Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Ava DuVernay once again made history as the first Black woman ever to compete in the Venice Film Festival. Given international film festivals tend to maintain a proclivity for platforming predominantly white, male, and—too often—predatory filmmakers, that DuVernay is the first…