# Ava DuVernay is Triumphant

- Institution: TED
- Department: ReThinking with Adam Grant
- Speaker: ReThinking with Adam Grant
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/rethinking_with_adam_grant_ava_duvernay_is_triumphant)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/T4G29

## Lectures

1. [Ava DuVernay is Triumphant](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/rethinking_with_adam_grant_ava_duvernay_is_triumphant/984fd97aa4c9), 35 min (TED's player)