Ava DuVernay Praises ‘Straight Outta Compton’: To be a woman who loves hip hop at times is to be in love with your abuser.

She continued:

I remember the truce. So when that shot of red and blue bandanas tied together flashed on screen? Wild applause in my theater. It happened.

— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

The music of my youth and how it came to be and why it was what it was. We rapped along, clapped, laughed, cried. For all that has happened. — Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

All the stifling of our voices as young black people in that place at that time while a war was going on against us. @FGaryGray captured it.

— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

He captured the plight of the black artist in general, once consumed by systems and structures not made for them. The struggle is real. — Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

To be a woman who loves hip hop at times is to be in love with your abuser. Because the music was and is that. And yet the culture is ours.

— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

From depictions of the origins of “Bye Felicia” to watching Cube bring his wife Kim to business meetings. That’s hip hop. A curious thing. — Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

But for all the terrific acting, solid production design, swoon-worthy cinematography and fab costumes + hair, one sequence brought a tear.

— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

I leaned forward in my seat and put my hands to my face and gasped. As did many around me. Someone shouted, “HELL YEAH!” This sequence… — Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

Sunday on the ‘Shaw. I can’t tell you what it was, what it felt like. You had to be there. @FGaryGray gets you as close as you’ll ever get.

— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

Hundreds of black young people cruisin’ down Crenshaw. The raw energy. The cars. The brothers and sisters. The majesty of it all. A tear. — Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

It was maybe a one-minute sequence in the film but it all came rushing back. This film did that for me on multiple levels. It’s fantastic.

— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

Congratulations to @FGaryGray and all involved. Another classic now under his belt. Your craft and care is on full display. Bravo, brother. — Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) August 16, 2015

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