Ava DuVernay Reviews and Articles | Little White Lies

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Two people, a woman in a colourful patterned dress and a woman in a checked shirt, standing together in a scenic mountain landscape.
Review

A Wrinkle in Time

by Hannah Strong

For all its ambi­tion and artis­tic vision, Ava DuVernay’s glossy YA fairy tale fails to deliver.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect
Two police officers restraining and apprehending a person in an intense scene.
Review

13th

by Joseph Pomp

Ava DuVer­nay equates the US prison sys­tem to mod­ern day slav­ery in this har­row­ing, urgent documentary.

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Anticipation
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In Retrospect
A Black man in a suit gesticulating and speaking passionately.
Review

Selma

by David Jenkins

“Sel­ma Now!” Ava DuVernay’s vital civ­il rights dra­ma is the film Mar­tin Luther King deserved.

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Enjoyment
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In Retrospect