Success did not come overnight forAunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

“I was working in the darkness.”

“Talk about living up to the spirit of women in film.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor receives the IMDb “Fan Favorite” STARmeter Award during the IMDb, WIF, and Entertainment Weekly Dinner Party at RIME at The St. Regis Deer Valley on January 22, 2024 in Park City, Utah.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor receives the IMDb “Fan Favorite” STARmeter Award during the IMDb, Women in Film, and Entertainment Weekly dinner party at RIME at The St. Regis Deer Valley on Jan. 22 in Park City, Utah.Mat Hayward/Getty Images for IMDb

She defied protocol, expectation, permits to create what I believe is the peoples movie.

And Im not saying this because we havent gotten any awards.

Ava took up the baton and had given this offering to the world.

Go see it.”

Hopefully itll get a distributor and you go see that."

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