Ava DuVernay Makes Dig At Donald Trump’s Re-Election; Dives Into Limited ‘Origin’ Release: “This Is A Difficult Film For Me” – Marrakech Film Festival
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deadline.comAva DuVernay has slammed Donald Trump’s re-election as a U.S. president, in spite of a criminal charges against him, saying that black people arrested on smaller crimes land years of jail time.
DuVernay was speaking in a conversation event at the Marrakech film festival, moderated by Rosalie Varda, daughter of late iconic filmmaker Agnès Varda, who is friend of the Selma, 13th and A Wrinkle in Time director and producer.
The subject of Trump’s re-election arose in a discussion on her Netflix-backed 2016 documentary 13th, exploring racial injustice in the U.S.
penal system, and the fact its prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans. “My country is run by criminals, but that criminality is seen as completely different.
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