Ava DuVernay got a call once from “a friend.” This friend, a man and fellow member of the Directors Guild of America, called to warn her that “there [had] been some complaints.” Other directors were upset that DuVernay was recruiting only female directors for her show, Queen Sugar, and said she was discriminating.
To this, DuVernay had one response: “Thank you, friend, thank you for that call. I invite you to tell whoever is feeling discriminated against to sue me so that I can sue every studio that has left women out … ’cause we can do this, if that’s what you want to do.”
Ava DuVernay to Angry Male Directors: Go Ahead, Sue Me
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