Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley

Ava DuVernay, born August 24, 1972 in Long Beach California. Her aunt Denise inspired her love of artistic expression and creative thinking. Aunt Denise worked as an overnight nurse so that she could have the opportunity to study art and literature, or even theater. DuVernay was introduced to the 1961 movie West Side Story by her aunt. DuVernay was taught by her mother that the arts can serve to promote activism. DuVernay's mother also had a social consciousness and taught DuVernay how to communicate via art. DuVernay was a summer resident of Lowndes County Alabama, where the father of DuVernay was born and was raised. The father of DuVernay's reminiscences recalled the historical Civil Rights march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the neighboring town of Selma Alabama. The summers DuVernay spent there was later the inspiration to direct a movie about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as his Civil Rights Movement. DuVernay finished Saint Joseph High School at Lakewood, California in 1990. After graduating she attended an institution called the University of California Los Angeles which she graduated with qualifications in English and African American studies. DuVernay was a student at the college at the time she began to become interested in production for television journalism. She was an intern with CBS News at the time of O.J. Simpson Trial. DuVernay remembers being asked check the trash at the home of one on the jury. When she was dissatisfied with journalism by the tasks she was given and deciding to go after the field of publicity. DuVernay was hired right after graduating from college as an intern at the studio that was small. Her own Public Relations company, The DuVernay Agency was created in 1999. In addition, she launched several lifestyle and promotions networks like Urban Beauty Collective. Urban Eye, HelloBeautiful, and Urban Thought Collective. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Autumn Riley's zodiac sign is. The actress is well-known who has appeared in American Experience (1987), A More Perfect Union (2009), and other films. Autumn was in the role in the roles of Rose and Anna Payne for A More Perfect Union.