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BAD-ASS OF

THE WEEK

NAME: ANA DUVERNAY

AGE: 43

MOST POPULAR FILMS: SELMA, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

WHY SHE IS BADASS: FIRST WOMAN OF COLOUR TO DIRECT A FILM WITH A BUDGET OVER $100 MILLION. 

TO HELP EXPLORE THE WRONGFUL DESCRIMINATION THAT BLACK YOUTHS FACE IN AMERICA DUVERNAY FILMED A DOCUMENTARY TAHT EXAMINES WHY THE US HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF INCARCERNATED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD (A LARGE MAJORITY BEING FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY). 

MUST SEE ON NETFLIX

- FARGO (1996), JOEL COHEN

- WHIP IT (2009), DREW BARRYMORE

- THAT THING YOU DO (1996), TOM HANKS

- FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986), JOHN HUGHES

- ADVENTURELAND (2009), GREG MOTTALA

- ROBOT&FRANK (2012), JAKE SCHREIER

- UKRAINE IS NOT A BROTHEL (2013), KITTY GREEN

- GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (2014), WES ANDERSON

- CITY OF GOG (2002), FERNANDO MEIRELLES

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