--- title: TIME 100: Ava DuVernay on Rihanna and Lupita TIme gala description: Ava DuVernay discussed the internet-fueled idea for her to direct a film starring Lupita Nyong'o and Rihanna at the TIME 100 gala. canonical: https://time.com/4755421/ava-duvernay-on-rihanna-lupita/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-26T04:18:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T08:55:43.000Z og:title: Ava DuVernay Discusses the Viral Lupita Nyong'o-Rihanna Movie Idea: 'Anything Is Possible' og:description: Ava DuVernay discussed the internet-fueled idea at the TIME 100 gala. og:url: https://time.com/4755421/ava-duvernay-on-rihanna-lupita/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ce6bb3c3ec84460/6988caa10a4a22e9189cde10/ava-time-100-gala-20172.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1707 og:image:height: 960 og:image:alt: Landon Nordeman for TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ava DuVernay Discusses the Viral Lupita Nyong'o-Rihanna Movie Idea: 'Anything Is Possible' twitter:description: Ava DuVernay discussed the internet-fueled idea at the TIME 100 gala. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ce6bb3c3ec84460/6988caa10a4a22e9189cde10/ava-time-100-gala-20172.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 00:54 video:published: 2017-04-26 section: entertainment topics: TIME 100 list, dream collaborations, honoree interviews, film collaboration, Jeff Bezos, Elizabeth Warren, Viola Davis, space travel genre: interview, vox pop tones: playful, casual, enthusiastic, light emotions: joy (medium), amusement (medium), admiration (low) sentiment: positive audience: TIME readers, film and media enthusiasts, TIME 100 followers, general public people: Jeff Bezos, Elizabeth Warren, Viola Davis, Barry Jenkins, David Duvernay organizations: TIME transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Ava DuVernay Discusses the Viral Lupita Nyong'o-Rihanna Movie Idea: 'Anything Is Possible' > Sponsored content. 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TIME 100 honorees tell TIME who else on the list they'd most like to collaborate with._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary TIME 100 honorees are asked who else on the TIME 100 list they would most like to collaborate with and what they would do together. Responses include a film project with Jeff Bezos and collaborations with Elizabeth Warren, Viola Davis, Barry Jenkins and Ava DuVernay. Several honorees also say they would like to go to space with Elizabeth Warren. ## Key points - One honoree would like to collaborate with Jeff Bezos on a film, calling him a genius. (00:08) - One honoree says Elizabeth Warren is who they most hope to work with, potentially on the Hill. (00:12) - Viola Davis is standing behind the speaker and is named as a potential collaborator who could read the phone book together. (00:17) - A honoree says they would read the phone book and yellow pages with Viola Davis, and would do so in a heartbeat. (00:22) - An honoree is eyeing Barry Jenkins as a potential collaborator. (00:30) - David Duvernay is named as a potential collaborator, described as one of the usual suspects. (00:35) - When asked who they would go to space with, one honoree says they would love to go with Elizabeth Warren. (00:45) - The honoree answering the space question says they sound like a broken record because of their repeated choice of Elizabeth Warren. (00:48) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:12] Dream collaborator question and Bezos film pick. Honorees are asked who on the list they would collaborate with, and one names Jeff Bezos for a film. - [00:12 to 00:35] Warren, Davis, Jenkins and Duvernay picks. Several honorees name Elizabeth Warren, Viola Davis, Barry Jenkins and David Duvernay as collaboration choices. - [00:35 to 00:54] Going to space with honorees. Asked who they would go to space with, an honoree again chooses Elizabeth Warren. ## Key quotes - [00:08] honoree: "I'd wanna collaborate with Jeff Bezos on a film because I think he's a genius." - [00:12] honoree: "Elizabeth Warren is who I'm really hoping to see." - [00:22] honoree: "We can just read the phonebook and the yellow pages." - [00:30] honoree: "I'm eyeing him." - [00:48] honoree: "I'm sounding like a broken record but I would love to go with Elizabeth Warren." ## Questions this video answers - Who would honorees most like to collaborate with from the TIME 100 list? [00:00] - Which honoree would the speaker collaborate with on a film? [00:08] - Would any honoree want to collaborate with Elizabeth Warren? [00:12] - What would one honoree like to do with Viola Davis? [00:22] - Who would honorees most like to go to space with from the list? [00:42]  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:55 AM UTCPublished: Apr 26, 2017 4:18 AM UTC TIME 100 honorees tell TIME who else on the list they'd most like to collaborate with.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:55 AM UTCPublished: Apr 26, 2017 4:18 AM UTC The [internet recently exploded with enthusiasm](http://time.com/4752456/rihanna-lupita-nyongo-movie/) for a movie concept starring Lupita Nyong’o and Rihanna that earned the approval of both stars and filmmaker Ava DuVernay. So when TIME ran into the _Wrinkle in Time_ director and [TIME 100 honoree DuVernay](http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736186/ava-duvernay/) at the TIME 100 Gala, we couldn’t resist the chance to ask her to weigh in on Twitter’s viral wish. “Anything is possible! For me, I think it was just so lovely to be kind of overwhelmingly nominated as the director of this cool idea,” she said. But whether or not the prayer-answering movie ends up happening, DuVernay pointed out the grassroots campaign proves how hungry people are for this kind of art. “I really think it shows the power of people wanting to see stories that are women-centered, women of color-centered that are made by women of color. I think it was really interesting that after Rihanna and Lupita were in the picture and the story went viral, it wasn’t about who’s the male lead or who’s the sidekick, it was about who’s going to write it? Who’s going to direct it? I think that is really interesting about people’s interest in who’s creating and who’s telling the story and especially on Twitter where everyone is telling their own story. We’ll see what happens.” ## Transcript [00:00] If you could collaborate with anybody on the list, who [00:04] would you collaborate with and what would you wanna [00:05] do with them? Goodness. I'd wanna collaborate with [00:08] Jeff Bezos on a film because I think he's a genius. [00:12] Elizabeth Warren is who I'm really hoping to see. If I [00:15] could collaborate with Elizabeth on the Hill, I think [00:17] that's what I would do. Well, she's standing right [00:19] behind me, Viola Davis Anything, I read the phone [00:22] book with her. We can just read the phonebook and [00:25] the yellow pages. Mm- hm. I would do that in a heart [00:30] beat. Berry Jenkins. I'm eyeing him. [00:35] Yeah. Yeah, David Duvernay. The [00:39] usual suspects [ LAUGH ] .>> If you could go to space [00:42] with anyone on the list, who would you want to go with? [00:45] Goodness, go to space with anybody on the list? Gosh [00:48] I'm sounding like a broken record but I would love to [00:50] go with Elizabeth Warren. 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