Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley

Ava DuVernay born August 24 72 years old from Long Beach CA. DuVernay was introduced to art through the aunt Denise. Aunt Denise worked as an overnight nursing assistant in order to give her the opportunity to study art theatre or literature. She introduced DuVernay the 1961 movie West Side Story and DuVernay became enthralled by the film. DuVernay learned that art is a great vehicle for political activism. In the same way, her mother was socially aware and taught the importance of speaking up through art. DuVernay lived in Compton during the majority of her life, but would spend every summer with her father's extended family living in Lowndes County Alabama. Her father recalled the Civil Rights marches that occurred over the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Selma town that was nearby, Alabama. The summers she spent in Selma, Alabama would be the inspiration for her later the film about Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. DuVernay graduated from Saint Joseph High School Lakewood California in the year 1990. Following graduation, DuVernay enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles and graduated with degrees in English as well as African American study. DuVernay began producing for broadcast journalism while she was still at college. She began her career as an assistant to CBS News in the O.J. Simpson trial. DuVernay was appointed to monitor and investigate the residence of an individual Jury member. When she was dissatisfied with journalistic work by the assignments she was handed she decided to pursue the field of publicity. DuVernay started her career as a junior public relations assistant for a film studio that was small following her graduation from college. The company she founded for her own PR, The DuVernay Agency was founded in 1999. Alongside PR, her agency also launched several lifestyle and promotional networks including the Urban Beauty Collective, Urban Thought Collective, Urban Eye and HelloBeautiful. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Autumn Riley has the birth star of. Autumn Riley is an American actress best known by her roles in American Experience (1997) and A More Perfect Union (2009). Autumn has played Rose, on the screen in A More Perfect Union (2009) and Anna Payne, in American Experience (1987).