"A Wrinkle in Time" director DuVernay (3)
I believe the answer is:
ava
'a wrinkle in time director duvernay' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ava that I've seen before include "woman" , "girl" , "- - Gardner (films)" , ". . . Gardner (film star)" , "-- Gardner, US actress" .)