Check out Essence’s new cover featuring Oprah Winfrey, Storm Reid and Ava DuVernay in honor of the upcoming release ofย Disney’s A WRINKLE IN TIME
With an imaginary universe at her fingertipsโand media mogulย Oprah Winfreyย and dynamic newcomerย Storm Reidย by her sideโaward-winning directorย Ava DuVernayย brings the Disney featureย A Wrinkle in Timeย to life next month. The highly anticipated vehicle marks the first time a woman of color has been entrusted to direct a movie that cost upward of $100 million (not to mention with a 13-year-old Black girl in the middle of it all!)
Read quotes below from ESSENCE, February 2018 issue.
OPRAH:
ON WATCHING STORM ON SET:ย โSometimes Iโd be watching her on set and wouldย really tear up at her performance because she will become for this generation what Judy Garlandโs Dorothy inย The Wizard of Ozย was for previous generations. She gets to be that. This little Stormy, our little Stormy, gets to carry that on for generations to come. She gets to be that light for girls like herself…โ
AVA:
ON BEING APPROACHED TO DIRECT THE FILM:ย โI read it, and of course, as anyย reader, you put yourself in the book. You see people that you know inhabiting the world. So when I went in to talk to [Walt Disney Studios EVP of Production Tendo Nagenda] about it, I said, โThis is how I see it. I see this as being multicultural, even down to the main character. Iโm like, โSheโs gotta be brown…โโ”
STORM:
ON HER FIRST LEADING ROLE:ย โThis is a huge milestone in my career, to be in aย movie with Ava DuVernay directing and Miss Oprah being in.”