Ava DuVernay, Julie Dash & Euzhan Palcy | Academy Dialogues: Broadening the Aperture of Excellence

Academy governor Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) and featuring filmmakers Julie Dash (“Daughters of the Dust”) and Euzhan Palcy (“Sugar Cane Alley”), will examine whether there is an objective form of measurement in the arts, and how the Hollywood system can broaden its aperture to appreciate storytelling from the worldviews of different ethnic and racial communities.

Table of contents
00:00 – Intro
01:47 – Falling in love with film
09:45 – Reflecting on the Black Film Renaissance in the 1980/90s
13:54 – Kathleen Collins
23:09 – Cultivating an audience
27:22 – The idea of mastery
37:36 – Upcoming film projects
41:13 – Favorite film craft
46:20 – A message to the young generation
48:36 – Julie Dash and Euzhan Palcy’s scene recommendations from their own films
51:38 – Ava’s gratitude
53:18 – Academy Dialogues Recommendations

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#AcademyDialogues is a new series of virtual panels for members and the public, as a part of Academy Aperture 2025, called “Academy Dialogues: It Starts with Us,” with conversations about race, ethnicity, gender, history, opportunity and the art of filmmaking. These discussions focus on the industry-wide systemic changes that are needed to afford greater opportunities to women and people from underrepresented ethnic/racial communities and to create a new narrative for recovery.

More information on “Academy Dialogues: It Starts with Us,” can be found here: https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-l…

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