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Academy Award winning director was speaking at Venice film festival, where she is the first African American woman to compete in its 91 year historyThe film-maker Ava DuVernay has said she was often discouraged from applying to film festivals because she “wouldn’t get in”.This year, the director, who was Oscar-nominated for Selma, became the first African American woman to compete in the 91 year history of the Venice film festival. Continue reading...