Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and director Ava DuVernay kicks off the first “Style Session” of 2024 on Thursday, Jan. 11 in conversation with Washington Post national arts reporter Geoff Edgers, who recently profiled DuVernay for the Post’s Style section, examining how her innovative approach to film financing “might be cinema’s new business model.”
DuVernay and Edgers will discuss her experience producing “Origin,” an adaptation of author Isabel Wilkerson’s revelatory examination of racism in the U.S., Caste (2020), which opens nationwide in January 2024.
“Ava is a cultural powerhouse. As a groundbreaking filmmaker and activist, we are thrilled to host her at our first Style Session in the new year to continue our successful series,” said Krissah Thompson, Managing Editor at The Washington Post. “Ava’s career, ambitions and future works are threads to a larger conversation about forging your own path and creating spaces for yourself and others – critical themes on our Style Sessions stage.”
Inspired by the Style section’s recent relaunch, “Style Sessions” offer an immersive evening in conversation with newsmakers on the frontlines of culture, presented by The Washington Post and Rubell Museum DC. Previous featured newsmakers include speakers Christopher Nolan, Ella Emhoff, and Mickalene Thomas.
Limited seating will be available for registration, with general admission beginning Jan. 3. Priority access is given to Style Memo newsletter subscribers and Rubell Museum DC members. For more information, subscribe to the Style Memo or become a member at the Rubell Museum.
To learn more about the “Style Sessions,” read more here.
