In an early September morning over breakfast on a restaurant patio in her Eastside L.A. neighborhood, Ava DuVernay is remembering a piece of advice Steven Spielberg gave her more than a decade ago.
Around the release of Selma, the fiery 2014 historical drama that received a best picture Oscar nomination, DuVernay attended a dinner at J.J. Abrams’ house and found herself seated next to Spielberg. Her movie was launching her into a new sphere of opportunity — and visibility — in Hollywood, and there, a few inches away, was arguably the most famous filmmaker in the world. She marveled to
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