Tribeca Talks Directors Series: Ava DuVernay
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Tribeca Talks Directors Series: Ava DuVernay

Tribeca Talks
| 60 MINUTES
Acclaimed writer-director Ava DuVernay will discuss her career trajectory from her 2008 documentary debut, This Is The Life, to the Academy Award-nominated Selma. Moderated by hip-hop innovator and Grammy Award-winnerQ-Tip. Ava DuVernay
Writer-director Ava DuVernay founded the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (AFFRM). In 2010 was awarded the Best Director Prize at Sundance for the film Middle of Nowhere. DuVernay's most recent film Selma chronicles the historic 1965 voting rights campaign led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Q Tip
Legendary hip-hop innovator and Grammy Award-winner Q-Tip first rose to prominence in 1988 as one of the founders of the trailblazing hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, whose cerebral wordplay, socially conscious themes, and intricate fusion of jazz and other genre-bending influcences change hip-hop's lexicon forever.

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