Ava DuVernay is Triumphant
ReThinking
TED
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Before Ava DuVernay became the first Black woman director to win Sundance and get nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, she was a publicist with a little hobby, a big dream, and a lot of patience. Adam talks to Ava about how she turned her side gig of filmmaking into a brilliant career, how her leadership style has evolved over the years, and what studying MLK while making the movie Selma can teach us about what it really takes to inspire.
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