Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley
Ava DuVernay, born August 24, 1972 in Long Beach California. DuVernay was encouraged to pursue her love of art by DuVernay's aunt Denise when she was a child. Aunt Denise, who worked night shifts as a nurse, let her explore art and literature as well as the theater during daylight hours. DuVernay was exposed to the movie of 1961 West Side Story by her aunt. DuVernay was taught by her the power of art as an avenue for action. DuVernay was educated by her mother who had a social conscience and pushed DuVernay to express herself through art. DuVernay was a summer resident of Lowndes County Alabama, where her father was born and brought up. DuVernay's father recalled watching the historic civil rights march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the neighboring town of Selma Alabama. DuVernay's summers spent in Alabama's Selma would be the inspiration for her later a film about the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DuVernay received her high school diploma from Saint Joseph High School, Lakewood California in 1990. After graduation, she studied in the University of California Los Angeles and graduated with degrees in English and African American study. As studying, DuVernay became interested in producing for broadcast journalism. DuVernay was a CBS News intern during the O.J. Simpson trial. DuVernay remembers being assigned to watch the home of a member of the jury and examine their junk. Her disappointment was evident in her journalistic duties and decided to change to the field of public relations. DuVernay was hired straight after graduating from college as a junior publicist at an unassuming studio. The year 1999 was the time she established her own firm of public relations dubbed The DuVernay Agency. In addition to PR, the company has also launched lifestyle networks as well as advertising campaigns such as The Urban Beauty Collective. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Autumn Riley was born under the zodiac sign of. The American actress who has been praised for her role in American Experience (1987), A More Perfect Union (2009) was born under the sign of. Autumn played the character of Rose of A More Perfect Union and Anna Payne of American Experience.
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