Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley

Ava DuVernay born August 24, 72 from Long Beach CA. DuVernay received support from her Aunt Denise when she was an infant. Her aunt was a nurse and did night shifts to ensure that she could devote her days to art literature and theatre. DuVernay immediately was captivated when she showed her that 1961 West Side Story film. DuVernay recognized that art is an effective way to spread the cause of activism. Her mother was also a an awareness of social issues and showed DuVernay to express herself via artwork. While DuVernay lived living in Compton with her family, she was a summer resident at Lowndes County Alabama where her father's family lived for generations. The father of DuVernay's recollects seeing the historic march of Civil Rights Movement on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was held in Selma Alabama, a neighboring city. The summers she spent in Alabama's Selma be the inspiration for her later the film about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DuVernay earned her Saint Joseph High School diploma in Lakewood California. After graduation, she studied at the University of California Los Angeles and earned degrees both in English and African American study. DuVernay started producing broadcast journalism as a student. DuVernay began her career working as an intern at CBS News during the O.J. Simpson trial. DuVernay remembers being assigned to sit at the house of one member of the jury as well as look through their trash. She was disappointed by her journalism tasks and decided to switch over to the field of public relations. DuVernay found a job immediately out college, as a young publicist for a studio. The DuVernay Agency is her first public relations agency. In addition to PR, the company has also launched lifestyle networks as well as advertising campaigns such as The Urban Beauty Collective. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Autumn Riley has the birth actress of. Autumn Riley, an American actress and popularly recognized for American Experience (1987), A More Perfect Union (2009) was born under the sign of. Autumn played the character of Rose in A More Perfect Union and Anna Payne of American Experience.