Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley
Ava DuVernay born August 24, 72 at Long Beach in California. As a child DuVernay's Aunt Denise encouraged her passion for the arts and her creative side. Her aunt was a nurse and was a night shift worker so she could devote her days to theatre and literature as well as art. DuVernay enjoyed the movie West Side Story, which she brought to her. DuVernay was able to see through her mother's example the power of art as an instrument for activism. DuVernay developed a social conscious through her mother. While DuVernay grew up within Compton with her family she was a summer resident living in Lowndes County Alabama where her parents lived for many generations. Her father recalled the Civil Rights marches that occurred over the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the close-by town Selma in Alabama. The DuVernay family visited Selma over the summer months and was inspired to create a film on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DuVernay finished Saint Joseph High School at Lakewood, California in 1990. After graduation, she studied in the University of California Los Angeles and earned degrees both in English and African American study. While she was still in school, DuVernay was interested in creating for television journalism. DuVernay was an intern at CBS News at the time of O.J. Simpson's trial. DuVernay recalled being assigned to observe the house of one member of the jury as well as look through their trash. Due to her tasks she began to feel dissatisfied by journalism and moved into the publicity business. DuVernay was offered a job straight from college, working as a new publicist at a studio. The year 1999 was the time she established her own company that specialized in public relations, The DuVernay Agency. The company launched a number of promotional and lifestyle networks, including Urban Beauty Collective and Urban Eye. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Autumn Riley has the birth star of. Autumn Riley is a famous American actress who is famous by her roles in American Experience (1997) and A More Perfect Union (2009). Autumn played the character of Rose in A More Perfect Union and Anna Payne of American Experience.
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