Ava DuVernay’s Advice: Work Without Permission, Set a Path and Start Walking
February 20, 2015
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as posted by the channelA highlight from Amy Goodman’s interview with “Selma” director Ava DuVernay. Watch the full Democracy Now! interview
Amy Goodman: “For young people, women, people of color, as a young African-American woman director, what words of wisdom do you have to share, as you not look back on your career, but you continue to go forward?”
Ava DuVernay: “That’s exactly what it is. It’s go forward. You know, we have to work without permission, especially as women in this industry. Who are we asking for permission to do what we want to do? That should be eradicated. You need to set a path and start walking. And that is what I’ve tried to do and what I try to encourage folks to do—walk with me, let me walk with you, let’s walk with each other. And I think, you know, so much of the industry is very permission-based. And once you get out of your mind that you have to ask anyone to do what you want to do, you’ll be better for it.”
"Selma” tells the story of the campaign led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to draw the nation’s attention to the struggle for equal voting rights by marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in March of 1965. At the Sundance Film Festival, DuVernay joins us to discuss the making of the film and the Academy Award nominations.
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