"In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that the truth will come out."

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Source : "Ava DuVernay, Sundance Award-Winner for ‘Middle of Nowhere,’ On Why It’s Important That Stories About Black Women Be Told By Black Women". Interview with Claire Easton, www.indiewire.com. October 10, 2012.

Ava DuVernay

#Narrative Quotes #Documentaries Quotes #Situation Quotes

“To share poetry is one of the most intimate acts of friendship possible.”
“Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.”

Source : "Coming of Age with Judy Blume". www.nytimes.com. December 3, 1978.
“Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood.”
“The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems.”
“I was told that The Chinese said they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory. I have some slight regret that this did not happen, as I might have become a god, which would have been very chic for an atheist.”
“If you know you can do it - if you can already chart every day in your future - then why bother? Choose to do something you have more trouble imagining. Take a chance.”
“We need to pledge ourselves anew to the cause of Christ. We must capture the spirit of the early church. Wherever the early Christians went, they made a triumphant witness for Christ. Whether on the village streets or in the city jails, they daringly proclaimed the good news of the gospel.”
“Materialists try to live in the lower story NON-MATERIAL WORLD Subjective, Superstitious, Mental Constructs MATERIAL WORLD Objective, Scientific, Knowable Facts”

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