"Selma" director DuVernay (3)

I believe the answer is:

ava

'selma director duvernay' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for ava that I've seen before include "- - Gardner (films)" , ". . . Gardner (film star)" , "-- Gardner, US actress" , "woman" , "girl" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Penny Press, the Universal, The Wall Street Journal and the King Feature Syndicate.

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