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How director Ava DuVernay is changing Hollywood

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Director Ava DuVernay first $100 million film production.

Known to millions of readers, Madeleine L'Engle's beloved fantasy book "A Wrinkle in Time" is breaking into a new dimension: as a big-budget Disney film. Director Ava DuVernay is the first African-American woman to lead a $100 million film production, and is actively working to change the culture of Hollywood. Jeffrey Brown reports.

03/10/2018

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