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Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay recently interviewed with Revolt and talk about the women who inspired her. On that list of inspirational women was Oprah Winfrey. Oprah was the executive producer of DuVernay’s award winning MLK biopic, selma.
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“One thing [Oprah] said to me that really sunk in deep and really changed my life,” recalled DuVernay, “I was going through a really tough challenge and she said, ‘It’s not happening to you, it’s happening for you. You’re not the victim of it, you’re the beneficiary.”
“To look at any issue, any personal crisis from the point of view of ‘this is in my path for a reason’ changes the dynamic of the way that you are in the situationa nd allows you to see there is going to be a light.”
You can check out that full interview with Ava DuVernay on March 18 on Revolt at 7:30 ET.
SOURCE: http://www.essence.com/2015/03/17/ava-duvernay-why-oprah-inspiration-revolt-special
