Director DuVernay (3)
I believe the answer is:
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">director duvernay</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ava that I've seen before include "- - Gardner (films)" , "woman" , "girl" , ". . . Gardner (film star)" , "-- Gardner, US actress" .)