Interview: Ava DuVernay discusses “Middle of Nowhere”
Oprah Winfrey loves the movie “Middle of Nowhere.” It was showered with praise at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the best director award for 2012. And it opens Friday in Atlanta. “It’s been really beautiful,” director Ava DuVernay , the first black woman to ever win best director honors at Sundance. “The film is just this little jewel.” Starring Omari Hardwick, David Oyelowo and Emayatzy Corinealdi , “Middle of Nowhere” is a powerful drama about confinement – literal and figurative. A medical student drops out of school when her husband goes to prison. The intimate camera work suggests… >>
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