Ava DuVernay Says in U.S. ‘Criminals Get Reelected, Make Millions of Dollars and Sell Electric Cars’ at Marrakech Festival

Ava DuVernay said the United States is “run by criminals” while reflecting on the timely resonance of her Oscar-nominated documentary “13th” during an on-stage conversation with Rosalie Varda at the Marrakech Film Festival. The politically-engaged filmmaker and activist denounced a double standard in the U.S. judicial system, saying “that criminality is seen as completely different […]