The Business
Director Ava DuVernay on '13th' and survival in the industry
How busy is filmmaker Ava DuVernay? Well, between directing Disney's ' Wrinkle in Time, executive producing Queen Sugar on OWN and working the awards circuit for her Oscar-nominated doc 13th...really busy. She tells us why she's taken it all on, and how 13th is resonating with audiences post-election in ways she never could have predicted.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenAva DuVernay's Oscar-nominated documentary 13th traces the history of racism and mass incarceration in America. Because she made the film for Netflix, she had to forego seeing it on the big screen. And she's okay with that. DuVernay tells us why -- following her Oscar nomination for Selma -- she turned down an offer from Marvel to make a doc for Netflix. She also explains how she managed to make 13th while also overseeing Queen Sugar on the Oprah Winfrey Network and directing Disney's big budget A Wrinkle in Time.
