Watch: How Oprah and Ava DuVernay Escape the Darkness

One of the major themes of A Wrinkle in Time is the darkness and how it can consume you if you let it. But all it takes is just a little bit of light and some belief in yourself to make it out of the dark. Suggested Reading Favorite Books By Black Authors in 2025…

One of the major themes of A Wrinkle in Time is the darkness and how it can consume you if you let it. But all it takes is just a little bit of light and some belief in yourself to make it out of the dark.

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Full Disclosure: Disney spent all the coins to invite The Root out to Los Angeles to watch the film on the Disney lot and to interview the star-studded cast. I think before they even hit send, I was saying, “Yasss!”

I sat down with Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon, Storm Reid, Chris Pine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw and asked them how they climb out of the darkness—basically a cheat sheet on beating the downs of life’s ups and downs. Obviously, Oprah preached a word so good, I asked that she just be injected into my veins. I’m hoping she found that more hilarious than crazy.

Check out the sage advice in the video above. And go see A Wrinkle in Time when it opens Friday.

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