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# Ava DuVernay Is So, So Stunning
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/ava-duvernay-is-so-so-stunning-09-2023/
- Published: 2023-09-07T18:00:30.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-06T23:01:42.000Z
- Author: Heather
- Tags: fugs, Venice Film Festival, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:24

Ava is at the Venice Film Festival with her movie *Origin*, starring Aunjanue Ellis as the writer Isabel Wilkerson, and she's the first Black female director from the U.S. to have a film in competition there. And since it's not a film fest overseas if people don't time the standing ovations, hers was a roaring nine minutes. It's a proud moment for sure, and look how gloriously she wears the honor. The standing O hadn't even happened when this was taken, but she is clearly in her freaking element. She looks glorious. I feel like I would walk past that dress on a hanging rack, but she's making it look divine.

Her photocall look is pretty good:

![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2023/09/shutterstock_editorial_14084504e-1694040611.jpg "'Origin photocall, 80th Venice International Film Festival, Italy - 06 Sep 2023")

I liked it BETTER when I saw it from a distance and thought it was a general pattern, rather than the Louis Vuitton logo, but it's still really polished -- the perfect level of smart-casual for the occasion. I hope she and Aunjanue Ellis get to work the awards trail together. Imagine the outfits!

###### \[Photos: Marechal Aurore/ABACA/Shutterstock, Alberto Terenghi/ipa-agency ne/Shutterstock\]