Folks can look at this issue and read it and it can feel like medicine, it can feel epidemic. We wanted this to hit people in their gut, and the hope is that by doing that, we can get more people to think more deeply about these issues.
When I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is happy. - Ava Duvernay
When I look in the mirror, I see a woman who is happy.
- Ava Duvernay
There’s something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It’s a different perspective. It is a reflection … - Ava Duvernay
There’s something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It’s a different perspective. It is a reflection …
I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist. - Ava Duvernay
I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist.
Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and pat her on the back, or if… - Ava Duvernay
Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and pat her on the back, or if…
When you're in your lane, there's no traffic. - Ava Duvernay
When you're in your lane, there's no traffic.
I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you. - Ava Duvernay
I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you.
Don't wait for permission to do something creative. - Ava Duvernay
Don't wait for permission to do something creative.
Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story. - Ava Duvernay
Figure out what you need to do to be the heroine of your own story.
If you have the ability to do something, you should do it. - Ava Duvernay
If you have the ability to do something, you should do it.
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