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#LeadershipTuesdays Motivational Moment: My Resolve and Expectations…Ava Duvernay

#LeadershipTuesdays Motivational Moment: My Resolve and Expectations…Ava Duvernay

Nona Ogunsula · Tuesday, February 10th 2015 at 3:57PM · 2076 views

In an interview with Fresh Air, Terry Gross asked Ava Duvernay, ‘Where do you go next? You’re going to have a lot more clout now as a film director.'

"I don’t know if I’m going to have more clout. There’s really no precedent for someone like me gaining clout in the space that I’m in…a black woman directing films in Hollywood. You know, no precedent for there being a black woman director who's gained any clout. Black woman directors that make amazing beautiful things? Yes. I can name 50. Black woman directors that have attained that kind of clout to be able to answer that question from a place of the privilege of having lots of options: I’m not so sure. We’ll see. It’ll be nice. But regardless, I’m going to keep on telling my stories. I’d be absolutely happy to go back and...

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