Ava DuVernay in conversation with Pat Mitchell at the Skoll World Forum 2023.
Ava DuVernay | Writer, Producer, Director and Distributor of Independent Film
Ava DuVernay is the first African American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award as a director in any feature category. Winner of multiple Emmy, BAFTA, NAACP and Peabody Awards, her feature film directorial work includes the “Selma,” “13th” and “A Wrinkle in Time,” which made her the highest-grossing Black woman director in American box office history. DuVernay is currently writing, directing and producing the narrative film adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent.”
Pat Mitchell | Founder and President, Pat Mitchell Media; Skoll Foundation Board
Co-Founder of Connected Women Leaders Forums and Co-Founder, Host, and Curator for TEDWomen
About the Skoll World Forum:
Each year, nearly 1,000 of the world’s most influential social entrepreneurs, key thought leaders, and strategic partners gather at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School to exchange ideas, solutions, and information. The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship is the premier international platform for advancing entrepreneurial approaches and solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
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20 апр 2023
