ReThinking

Ava DuVernay is Triumphant

May 31, 2022

34:57

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Leadership and Participation in Decision Making

03:22

The Power of Disappointment

01:41

Do You Really Want to Quit Your Job?

01:58

Introduction

2min

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

2min

Do You Really Want to Quit Your Job?

2min

Do You Have a Side Hustle?

2min

Doctor King - What Did You Learn From That?

2min

The Best Idea Could Be Inside the Head of the Speaker

3min

Leadership and Participation in Decision Making

3min

Don't Tell It to Me Like I'm 12

2min

Women in Film - I Don't Know This

3min

10.

The Power of Disappointment

2min

11.

Are You Up Into a Quick Lightning Round?

2min

12.

Slash Us. Slash Trust

4min

13.

Selma - The First Film for Any Kind of Money

3min

14.

What Would a Leader Say?

2min

15.

Is This What Your One Perfect Shot Looks Like?

3min

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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