Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley

Ava DuVernay born August 24 72, in Long Beach, CA. DuVernay was inspired to follow her passion of art by DuVernay's aunt Denise as a young child. The aunt who was a night shift nurse, let her explore art and literature as well as the theater during daylight hours. She showed DuVernay the 1961 movie West Side Story and DuVernay fell in love with it. DuVernay realized after watching her mother's model of the power of art as an effective vehicle for social activism. DuVernay was trained by her mother, with a conscience for social issues, and encouraged DuVernay to show her creativity through art. DuVernay was a summer resident of Lowndes County Alabama, where the father of DuVernay was born and was raised. Her father was a witness to the historic march of Civil Rights Movement on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was held in Selma Alabama, a neighboring city. DuVernay's summers spent in Selma, Alabama would inspire her later to make a film about the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DuVernay earned her Saint Joseph High School diploma in Lakewood California. DuVernay enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles after graduating, where she earned qualifications in English as well as African American Studies. DuVernay began to produce in broadcast journalism when she was still in college. She began her career as an assistant for CBS News in the O.J. Simpson trial. DuVernay was told to examine the garbage of the home of a juror. As a result of her tasks, she became dissatisfied with journalistic work and entered the public relations industry. DuVernay started her career as a junior publicity assistant for a film studio that was small following her graduation from college. Her first venture was The DuVernay Agency, her PR firm, in 1999. Additionally, she started a variety of lifestyle and promotional networks, including Urban Beauty Collective. Urban Eye, HelloBeautiful, and Urban Thought Collective. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Her zodiac sign is the. The actress is well-known who was in American Experience (1987), A More Perfect Union (2009) along with other films. Autumn appeared as Rose in A More Perfect Union as also Anna Payne from American Experience.