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Ava DuVernay Talks Bringing A More Inclusive A Wrinkle In Time To Life

Published Wed, 22 Nov 2017 10:38:08 -0600

Ava DuVernay has already made a name for herself, but she is looking to cross over into the family friendly blockbuster this spring with A Wrinkle in Time for Disney. DuVernay spoke at the Vulture Festival L.A. (via Deadline) about exclusivity in Hollywood and making movies through a black female lens.

"I'm excited to share a sci-fi vision through the lens of a black woman because so often we're watching sci-fi films through one specific lens – a predominantly white male lens for decades and decades," said DuVernay. "Not that mine will be radically different, but there might be a softness, edge or a color change to it that we may have not seen — or have seen, but skewed. The bottom line is we don't know until we see it, so why don't we just see it?"

DuVernay spoke about casting and how they worked hard to bring in people from all backgrounds to make the movie feel more true to the world we live in now.

"There are no black or southeast Asian 'Mrs.' in the book," said DuVernay. "In the book, the girl is not bi-racial and the little boy is not a little Filipino-American boy. We took liberties to be true to the spirit, but we freed ourselves and freed our imagination to bring these fairytales and fantasies into the current time, which is one that should be much more inclusive."

DuVernay talked about what it would have been like to see a movie like A Wrinkle in Time when she was a kid and what kind of profound effect that could have had on her.

"I have a niece who is the real Meg," said DuVernay. "I want her to see all that's possible for her and to show her that she doesn't have to wait until she's 32 years old to figure it out. She should be able to know that she can walk through any door — even if the door is not there. If you start walking towards it, it will appear for you. And it's not only for black girls but all kinds of girls — and boys too. A hero doesn't have to be defined so narrowly."

Movies that go out of their way to present a vision of what the world actually looks like are going to change the world for a lot of kids of color, girls, and everyone in between. These things matter, and it's good to see it matter a little more each day.

Summary: After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Ava DuVernay, stars Storm Reid, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Peña, and Zach Galifianakis. It will be released March 9th, 2018.

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