joining me now is the founder of the me too movement and the campaign, tarana burke. of the first ever black survivors week of action that we as ourselves campaign is hosting. tell us about it. >> well, we really decided that this was the right time to launch a campaign during sexual assault awareness month that was specifically focused on black survivors because we've never had anything like that before. and so just like everything else, when something is focused on a general topic, we kind of get lost, and we wanted to pull out from the general topic and really focus on what is happening in the lives of black survivors in this country. >> now, you've been working with this a long time. i've known for you for years, you've been an activist for a long time. one of the things that i think has distinguished some of your work is you've also way before it became trendy or fashionable included those in the trans community. how did you feel when you saw the president stand up and say in his speech that i want you to know i've got your back? you even had to face it in the bl

. >> it struck me watching the film, you had brittany cooper, tarana burk.relationship with their own families. >> sisterhood. i would say the vast majority of the women were already my friends. they were based in howard university and part of my extended howard university network. so there was already trust there, that allowed them to be vulnerable. they also know i'm pretty open and vulnerable about my own story. so i think that created a level of intimacy that you might not see oftentimes when a film maker is sitting down, and just the idea of me telling my story, i think it helps for these women to open up as well. so they knew that their stories would be entrusted with me. that i would be a great steward of these stories and there would be a level of delicacy. i would handle their stories with care. >> you definitely contended with what is often a very asymmetrical power relationship. for those who don't know, can you talk us through the special meaning of "in our mothers' gardens"? >> the film title is a nod to alice walker, woman that says in search o