Ava DuVernay says this glass ceiling she broke should've been shattered 'a long time ago'
Ava DuVernay might be the first woman of color to direct a live-action movie with a budget of $100 million or more, but it’s certainly not because she is the first woman of color qualified to do so. In a recent Instagram post, DuVernay—who will helm Disney’s upcoming adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time—made sure to hold Hollywood accountable for these slights amid all the celebrating.
“[I’m] not the first woman of color capable [of directing a $100 million film],” the Selma director wrote on Instagram on Thursday. “Not by a long shot. This should have happened a long time ago with [Daughters of the Dust director] Julie Dash or [A Dry White Season director] Euzhan Palcy or [Losing Ground director] Kathleen Collins or [A Different World and Gilmore Girls director] Neema Barnette. We need more. And more. And more. More voices. More kinds and creeds and colors of filmmakers.”