In an interview with Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, “Selma” director Ava DuVernay had a beautiful response to those who say she was snubbed by the Academy. She paid tribute to the “giants, real, bold, brave Americans of Color and otherwise, all kinds of people, who marched for something really important,” and said that she had been telling people since October that she would not get nominated for Best Director.
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Watch the entire interview (DuVernay begins to speak at 20:00):
