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Ava DuVernay Consulted on a Very Important ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Scene
Ava DuVernay Consulted on a Very Important ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Scene
Ava DuVernay Consulted on a Very Important ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Scene
Star Wars: The Force Awakens underwent a bunch of reshoots, as is the norm for blockbusters these days, and while, at the time, those reshoots were mostly kept a mystery, now some news has come out about one key scene in particular. Apparently J.J. Abrams and Ava DuVernay are good friends (who knew??) and frequently trade footage and screeners back and forth to one another to get some notes and suggestions. And one very important scene in The Force Awakens probably would not have been as cool without DuVernay’s guiding hand.
Ava DuVernay on Her Documentary ‘13th,’ Trump, and Why She Wants to Make Big Studio Movies
Ava DuVernay on Her Documentary ‘13th,’ Trump, and Why She Wants to Make Big Studio Movies
Ava DuVernay on Her Documentary ‘13th,’ Trump, and Why She Wants to Make Big Studio Movies
Ava DuVernay‘s latest documentary, ‘13th,’ couldn’t be arriving at a more relevant time. Urgent, angry and unflinching, the documentary looks at the current state of mass incarceration and police militarization, attempting to understand why the United States contains 25 percent of the world’s prisoners, which today is 2.3 million people. Opening this Friday just weeks after the largest prison strike in U.S. history, a month shy of the 2016 Presidential Election, and following a year full of harrowing violence against the black community, ‘13th’ feels like essential viewing now more than ever.