I soon found I could not talk about that in a vacuum without understanding the historical, cultural, political context, and giving it some legacy and some roots, and so then it just started to have tentacles that just spread out in all these places, and already a vicious project became pretty overwhelming in scope, and so it was a lot of diligent, day-to-day fighting with the footage, trying to get it down to a place where it was manageable and emotional.
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 …
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…
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.
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.
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.
When you're in your lane, there's no traffic. - Ava Duvernay
When you're in your lane, there's no traffic.
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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