systemic barriers, as ava herself indicates. but she has done it.ncluding ava was very important to me because she is a representative of how important representation is in media come on all our screens, behind and in front of the cameras, ensuring t that all stories are getting told, all voices are being heard and respected. ava is a leader thehere, and sos the sundance insnstitute -- whih i am very privileged to chair that board. inclusiveness in our festival, in the people who are behind the scenes who are directing were writing the stories, making sure that is a more inclusive and represenentative world has beena strategic priority of the institute. ava served on that board and was a leader in making this a priority for all of us. amy: media legend pat mitchell. her book "becoming a dangerous woman: embracing risk to change the world." and an update: the documentary i mentioned, "the advocate" has been shortlisted for an academy award. i will be moderating a q&a with filmmaker rachel leah jones, this friday at 7:00 at the quad cinema. back with

ava. i didn't know you'd be joining us this evening. ava was just leaving.u stay? y-yeah. i-if you want me to. i mean, i know that you're not thrilled about our marriage. and that hasn't changed. great. but you are adults, and what you do is on you. spencer is another story. i know where this is going. wait, are you -- are you saying that spencer still doesn't know? ava, this doesn't concern you. well -- wait. i care about him, and i-i'm now his stepmother, so it does concern me. [ sighs ] spencer doesn't know i'm alive. as my mother pointed out, it's not something that you can just say over the phone. "hello. it's me -- your father. i'm not dead." that is why i am flying to france to see spencer tonight. ♪ [ sighs ] what are you doing? come in. you know, it's late. oh. nice try...dusty. oh, look, what's that? oh, not falling for it. how do you know brook lynn? [ scoffs ] i'm warning you. it's not all that fascinating. okay, well, i will be the judge of that. [ sighs ] start at the beginning. don't leave anything out. i had no choice. what was i supposed to

my guest is powerhouse, ava duver nay. began as a pub luicist for a-list actors and decided she ought to give film making a shot herself. the first major movie she directed "selma" was nominated for the best picture academy award, making her the first african-american female director to have that honor a great conversation with ava duvernay you can catch us in the morning or set the dvr and watch us anytime we like. we'll see you on sunday morning. >> see you then. >>> for some this sunday's super bowl is all about the ads. and while a lot of them go for the laughs, this will go straight to your heart >> reporter: chances are if you've tuned into the super bowl for the last couple of years, you've already met scout but this year's commercial has a very different message scout has cancer and last summer collapsed. his owner, weather tech founder, david mcneal, rushed home from overseas >> i'm like, wait, let me get him home >> reporter: refusing to give up, he brought him to the school of veterinary of medicine oncology uni

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and tyler perry there was one started by ava there's a lot of activity of people opening their own studio of course that will help does that help the systemic problem we talk about? probably not. that yes. it will help and employee some people than they will be traine trained. hopefully then they can go to other studios. but i'm not convinced the pipeline was ever the problem anyway. i don't think that will change the systemic issues i'm talking about. thank you everyone. [applause] >> this was an incredible discussion now my favorite portion of the night is the book signing. we have copies over there you can grab one and get it signed. . . . . members of congress about their reading list. >> senator marsha blackburn, what is on your reading list these days? what's i got a great reading list.this week i

among them a product designers katia instance ava's. the trigger for that work is the amount of trash that they themselves produce. 2 years ago there's a view started producing can possible film impacts make from cellulose from which waste which decompose when they come into contact with bacteria in the soil in france italy and switzerland you can put them in the organic waste bin. in the action in germany this isn't possible at the moment we're working to provide evidence that our film decomposes brilliantly in industrial composting facilities and together with waste management companies we also striving to find a solution to the problem of how these materials community in sorting plants so that they can be turned into compost in germany to. another challenge is coming up with packaging that seals in a roma. you just mustard every foodstuff comes with its own challenges in nuts or fatty cheeses bioactive coffee is a roma sensitive so. every product has its own characteristics and they have to be tested i can't make any assumptions that

reporter: "the new york times" reports oprah left the project after showing the documentary to director ava duvernay who gave a harsh critique in november, simmons posted this video, questioning his accusers' credibility on instagram. >> fame and fortune are catalysts for untrue accusations. >> reporter: in an open letter to oprah, he said "i have never been violent or forced myself on anyone." >> he has millions of followers. i have like a thousand and he is using all of that muscle to try to drown out our voices >> reporter: drew dixon is an accuser at the center of the new film after oprah's withdrawal, she told "the new york times" i am being silenced the most powerful black woman in the world is being intimidated. >> i do hope people will see the film >> even though >> you can make your own decisions about it >> reporter: the film, set to premiere saturday at sundance kate snow, nbc news. >>> prince harry is in canada tonight with meghan markle and baby archie. he was all smiles getting off the plane last night and while they're hoping for a life out of the spotlight, their lawyers are

new york times" reports winfrey left the project after showing the film to her friend, famed director ava duvernay, who gave it a harsh critique. one accuser said after winfr pulled out of the project, she felt silenced. the film is still making its debut at sundance this weekend. >>> if you dread getting in your car, it is no wonder. your drive home is officially one of the worst in the united states. a new study by wallet hub on the best states to drive in has california coming in close to last. it is 47th out of 50 states. traffic isn't the only thing making the drive bad. poor road conditions, gas prices, car thefts, all of that contributed to california's place on that list. >> we saw an average of 97 hours of an individual's time every year spent in traffic. that's average, so that number is probably higher in a state like california. >> okay. not all bad news. we did well in other categories like safety and access. car dealerships, auto repair shops and car washes. that makes everything so much better than the hours. >> when you're stopped on the free way, your car is clean. >>> it

ava du vernay tweeted this and it's the warts have been so many with the parasite cost and she just says well i'm worth everything look at these faces a cost that direct to that what a sight i'm wondering is this a moment for our cinema all thaw international cinema where people can get beyond the fact that the not watching in the language they used to watching film is no big films and and that's english and seeing something here that could be a trend i'm thinking of roma from last year which is a really well and here we have another one parasite again i mean both beautiful beautiful films there's no reason why they should not be watched by many many people often the fact that they're not in english that's a that yeah i think you know we're celebrating the historical fact that it's the 1st you know south korean film to be nominated even for international and that's picture and so you know i won the palme d'or for our south korean film for about an hour and yet so the actors have not got gotten any individual nominations right so i think we're where programming but then i think there is s

definitely want to take a moment, although she didn't have a film in the box office this year, to shout out ava to the report that had box office films, more than half of them came through her array of production companies, either directing episodes of queen sugar or various other projects. she's been a huge driving factor in this increase we have seen of especially marginalised women getting the first directing credit, as we all know, you just need the first opportunity and then hopefully and usually more. what about diversity, jacqueline? again, female nominees but mostly white. no offence, i don't want to rag on you brits, but the baftas the day was amazing to see scarlett johannson and margot robbie double nominees when the work of cynthia erivo, a brit and a memberfrom rada alumni, was effectively snubbed. i think partially this is an american story of harriet, obviously the most famous person from the underground railroad. however, there were tons of other artists, including the ee rising star of awkwafina from the farewell. this is not to mention lupita nyong'o four us and jennifer lopez

little ava was the housekeeper and freddie scott was a handy man and he sang "hey girl." and i did a song called "tonight you're going to fall in love with me" where they just opened up shirley over my demo. we got so good at making demos that a lot of us went into producing records, you know. >> kind of after -- you left capitol and -- >> you asked about capitol. before capitol, i had already run mercury. capitol was the third label. i was the first vice president of rock in the music business history. that's the way the pr went out. vice president of rock. and rock was just coming in. and it was about 1965 or '66. it was going out of pop into rock. it's when i was hanging out with the moby grape and i signed quick silver. that was the start of rock. >> i'll talk to you later about moby grape. >> their manager is a total lunatic. he used to drink his own urine. he did. and he had his daughter do it too and he believed that was the key to longer life. anyway, that's a private story. sorry, matt. so he lived near malibu. that's how i know. he tried -- >> what was that tipp

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you got a reprieve that ava back at it tomorrow.o the moderate republicans think this man this is to stop? when i say madness i think the push to relentlessly investigate trump or anyone connected to him. congressman steve scalise lee zeldin are here next with what is at stake, stay with us. ♪ ♪ >> if the senate decides not to call witnesses, would you guys consider bringing john bolton back to the house? >> i don't want to speak about what action we would take. >> laura: i thought that was a commercial for visiting angels, i didn't know we came back from the break. the idea of a never ending crusade to remove trump by any means is not new but perhaps it deserves more scrutiny, listen to the latest ramblings of the original impeachment monger. on team maxine. >> we will not stop, whether it leads to another impeachment activity i don't know but i know we must continue with the work our constituents have elected to come to congress to do. >> laura: was this the work people collected you to do? who can forget congressman al green's th

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