Ava DuVernay and Autumn Riley

Ava DuVernay born August 24 72 years old in Long Beach, California. DuVernay was encouraged by her aunt Denise as a little girl. Aunt Denise was a nurse and worked night shifts so that she could dedicate her time to art literature and theatre. DuVernay loved the film West Side Story, which she showed her. DuVernay realized that art could be an effective tool for promoting activism. DuVernay's mother also had the social sensitivity and taught DuVernay to express herself via the medium of art. DuVernay lived in Compton during the majority of her youth, however she would spend every summer with her father's extended family living in Lowndes County Alabama. Her father was awed by the historic Civil Rights marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in the nearby town of Selma Alabama. DuVernay was influenced by the summers she spent in Selma to later direct the documentary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DuVernay graduated with a graduation certificate at Saint Joseph High School, Lakewood California in 1990. She went to the University of California Los Angeles to earn degrees in English as well as African American Studies. DuVernay began producing television news as an elementary school student. She began as an intern with CBS News during the O.J. Simpson trial. DuVernay recalls being tasked to sit at the house of one member of the jury, and then go through their garbage. Following her disappointment with journalism due to the work she was assigned and deciding to go after an interest in public relations. DuVernay was immediately hired out of college as a junior publicist at a small studio. Her first venture was The DuVernay Agency, her PR firm, in 1999. She also started several lifestyles and promotion networks such as Urban Beauty Collective. Urban Eye, HelloBeautiful, and Urban Thought Collective. Autumn Riley.............................Autumn Riley was born in Los Angeles United States. Autumn Riley's birth sign is . Her name is associated with a well-known actress that has been in American Experience (1987), A More Perfect Union (2009), and other films. Autumn was in the role of Rose as well as Anna Payne for A More Perfect Union.