Before the Fame · 2010s
Ava DuVernayA publicist who financed her own first feature
Ava DuVernay paid for her own first film and shot it in weeks.
Ava DuVernay worked in film publicity for years, watching how movies got made and marketed, then financed her own early features herself and shot them on compressed schedules.
The industry did not open a door. She used what she had learned to walk in sideways.
Self-funding is not romantic. It is what happens when there is no other route.
Reporting: Variety
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