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Film Festival - The Door Ava DuVernay. The
Door, by Ava DuVernay is the fifth Miu Miu Women's Tale, it is a celebration of
the transformative power of feminine bonds, and a symbolic story of life
change. The symbolic center of The Door is the front entrance of the
protagonist's home. As she opens it to greet a friend in the powerfully framed
opening scenes, she is shrouded in an oblique sadness. "In the film,
characters arrive at the door of a friend in need, bringing something of
themselves," explains director DuVernay. "Eventually, we witness our heroine
ready to walk through the door on her own. The door in the film represents a
pathway to who we are." Clothing is
also a symbol of renewal, each change of costume charting our heroine's
emergence from a chrysalis of sadness. In the final scenes, she takes off her
ring, pulls on long, black leather gloves, and walks, transformed by the
emotive power of the clothing, through the door.
Cast: Ava DuVernay was the first African-American
woman to win the Best Director Prize at Sundance Film Festival, for her second
feature, Middle of Nowhere, in 2012. The Door stars Gabrielle Union, Alfre
Woodard, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Adepero Oduye and singer-songwriter Goapele.
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