'Door is open' says first black US director at Venice

US director Ava DuVernay said she hoped that her entry in Venice on Wednesday, "Origin", would set a precedent as the first by "an African-American woman" at the world's oldest film festival. And this year, something happened that hadn't happened in eight decades before: an African-American woman in competition.

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