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Ava after Sundance

It’s been three weeks since Ava DuVernay won best director honors at Sundance for her film Middle of Nowhere, a surprise choice that caught festivalgoers off guard. Now that the dust has settled and the phone’s stopped ringing as much, the indie darling sat down with Nsenga K. Burton of The Root to make sense of what the ‘‘big hug’’ at Sundance means for DuVernay, and for other black women filmmakers struggling for a voice. See Movies

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Photo: Ava DuVernay via The Root