Ava DuVernay Gives Impassioned Speech at amfAR Venice Gala: ‘Justice Requires Imagination’

Ava DuVernay Gives Impassioned Speech at amfAR Venice Gala: ‘Justice Requires Imagination’

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While receiving amfAR’s Award of Inspiration at the AIDS nonprofit’s Venice gala on Sunday night, Ava DuVernay recalled the first time she fell in love with movies. “It was the original ‘West Side Story,'” DuVernay said. “The colors, the Brown people, the romance, warring gangs, dance fighting,…

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