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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
David Smith in Washington

Director Ava DuVernay calls on artists and historians to resist ‘criminal’ Trump

a woman wearing dress smiling at film premiere
Ava DuVernay said she was alarmed but not surprised by Donald Trump’s assault on culture: ‘When you elect a criminal you should expect crimes.’ Photograph: Manuele Mangiarotti/ipa-agency/Shutterstock

Ava DuVernay, an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director, has urged artists and historians to hold the line against a “criminal” US president at a time when “truth itself is under revision”.

DuVernay, whose films include Selma, which chronicles Martin Luther King’s campaign for voting rights, issued the rallying cry while receiving an award at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington.

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