Stacey Dash
3. Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay directed the 2014 civil rights drama Selma. Here’s what she had to say about Trump’s speech:
https://twitter.com/ava/status/836769267005571072
Huh, that’s interesting because DuVernay was also accused of revising history for her movie:
There was significant controversy about Selma and its depiction of Lyndon Johnson’s actions as portrayed in the film. Former Johnson domestic policy aide Joseph A. Califano, Jr. criticized DuVernay for ignoring and falsifying history, and particularly for suggesting that Johnson reluctantly supported King’s efforts and that he sent the FBI to investigate King.
For the film she did uncredited re-writes of most of the original screenwriter Paul Webb’s script with an increased emphasis on King and the people of Selma as central figures. In response to the criticisms of historians and media sources that accused her of irresponsibly rewriting history to portray her own agenda, DuVernay pointed out that the film is “not a documentary. I’m not a historian. I’m a storyteller.”
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