>> ALL RIGHT, SAL. >> CARSON, THANKS.
>>> NOW TO MORE OF OUR SPECIALSI
CONGRATS TO JENNA BUSH HAGER AND
BARBARA, THEIR BOOK "SISTERS FIRST" HIT NUMBER ONE ON AMAZON.
>> THATS GREAT.
>>> AVA DuVERNAY AND HER SISTERS
SAT DOWN, TALKING ABOUT THE
BONDS OF SISTERHOOD AND SHARING IT WITH OTHER WOMEN.AND SHARING
IT WITH OTHER WOMEN. >> WHAT IS BEING A SISTER MEAN
TO YOU ALL?
>> WELL, YOU HAVE INSTANT
FRIENDS.
INSTANT FRIENDS FOR LIFE. THEYRE RIGHT HERE.R LIFE.
THEYRE RIGHT HERE. WHETHER YOU WANT THEM OR NOT.
>> ITS THE AUTOMATIC LOVE
THATS JUST BUILT IN TO, YOU KNOW, THE FABRIC OF YOUR LIFE.
>> IT IS THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
THAT YOU CANT EXPLAIN AND THAT
NOBODY ELSE HAS THAT BOND.
>> THREE SISTERS, AVA, DIRECTOR
OF "SELMA," AND TV SERIES "QUEEN
SUGAR."
SUGAR."
MIDDLE SISTER, GINA, SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS LIBRARIAN.
AND YOUNGER SISTER, TARA, DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER WITH EQUALDEPUTY
PROGRAM MANAGER WITH EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
>> I PICKED UP MY FIRST CAMERA WHEN I WAS 32. MY FIRST CAMERA
WHEN I WAS 32. TARA BEGAN HER JUSTICE WORK IN,
I GUESS, LATE 30s.
GINA HAS NOW TWO MASTERS.
THE LATEST ONE WAS LAST YEAR.
YOURE PAST YOUR 30s.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
IM 40. IM FINE WITH THAT.
I AM 40 YEARS OLD.
>> I DIDNT WANT TO OUT YOU
RIGHT THERE.
>> YOURE BEING A GOOD SISTER. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ALL LIFT
EACH OTHER UP?
>> IM ON THE PHONE WITH THEM ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.WITH THEM
ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. YES, I NEED TO HEAR FROM MY
SISTERS.
SISTERS.
I NEED THEIR WORDS OF ENCOURAGE.
AND I GET IT EVERY TIME.
>> SHE TWEETED SOMETHING LIKE, MY BRILLIANT SISTER JINA.LIKE,
MY BRILLIANT SISTER JINA. WHEN YOU READ SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR
MIND?
MIND?
>> OF COURSE IT GOES
PITTER-PATTER.
MY HEART GOES PITTER-PATTER.
NO, ITS SWEET.
>> IN SOME WAYS, ALL OF YOU ARE TRYING TO BRING A CONVERSATIONE
TRYING TO BRING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THROUGH LITERATURE,
THROUGH FILM, THROUGH ADVOCACY
WORK.
WORK.
YOURE ALL TRYING TO START A DIALOGUE. TRYING TO START A
DIALOGUE.
>> OVERALL, I THINK OUR WORK
TELLS ONE STORY, WHICH IS, A
STORY ABOUT EMPOWERMENT, A STORY
ABOUT UPLIFT.
REALLY BELIEVING IN JUSTICE AND DIGNITY FOR ALL. IN JUSTICE AND
DIGNITY FOR ALL.
THATS THE WAY WE WERE RAISED BY OUR MOTHER AND FATHER.RAISED BY
OUR MOTHER AND FATHER. >> THE DuVERNAY SISTERS GREW UP
IN COMPTON BUT SPENT SUMMERS
VISITING THEIR FATHERS FAMILY
IN ALABAMA.
IN ALABAMA. DIRECTING THE FILM "SELMA" WAS A
PROJECT OF LOVE FOR AVA.
>> ACTION!
>> ACTION! >> YOU DIRECTED AND DID A MOVIE
THAT MUST HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO
YOU.
YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT
EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE.
TALK ABOUT WHAT "SELMA" WAS LIKE FOR YOU.UT WHAT "SELMA" WAS LIKE
FOR YOU.
>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT "SELMA," SO MANY INCREDIBLE MOMENTS.A,"
SO MANY INCREDIBLE MOMENTS. MAKING THE FILM, CRAFTING TO
FILM, TALKING TO SURVIVORS OF
SELMA.
SELMA.
I THINK ABOUT MY FATHER. HIS LAST YEARS.Y FATHER.
HIS LAST YEARS. THEY WERE TIMES OF JOY, TIMES OF
TOGETHERNESS.
TOGETHERNESS.
WE SHARED SO MUCH TIME TOGETHER.
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT SISTERHOOD ON A LARGER
SCOPE, BROADER SCOPE, ONE OF THE
THINGS YOURE DOING WITH YOUR SERIES, "QUEEN SUGAR," IS HAVING
WOMEN COME IN AND DIRECT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THATS
IMPORTANT TO YOU?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. MY WORK ON "QUEEN SUGAR" IS
REALLY DIRECTLY RELATED TO MY
EXPERIENCES WITH MY SISTERS.
MY DESIRE TO CREATE A SISTERHOOD
AMONG WOMEN DIRECTORS A DESIRE
THAT COMES OUT OF KNOWING HOW
BEAUTIFUL IT IS TO BE A PART OF
A SISTERHOOD.
A SISTERHOOD. >> MEN COME AND GO.
I CAN ATTEST.
BUT YOUR SISTERS AND YOUR
FRIENDS, YOUR GIRLFRIENDS, THEYRE REALLY THERE FOR YOU.
>> TO HAVE UNCONDITIONAL
ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE AND SUPPORT
FROM SOMEBODY, SO I FEEL LIKE
YOU DONT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE
A SISTER TO DO THAT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN
YOUR HEART.
YOUR HEART.
>> THE IDEA OF SISTERHOOD, BEING CONNECTED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, OUR
VERY GENDER, WHO WE ARE, IS --
ONCE WE HARNESS THAT, YOU KNOW,
THERES NO STOPPING WOMEN.
REALLY ISNT.
REALLY ISNT. >> FOR "TODAY," JENNA BUSH
HAGER, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
>> COOL FAMILY.
>> LOVING ALL THE SISTER
STORIES.
STORIES.
>> FOR MORE ON THE BUSH TWINS BOOK "SISTER FIRST," HEAD TOS
BOOK "SISTER FIRST," HEAD TO TODAY.COM/SHOP.
TODAY.COM/SHOP.
AND TOMORROW, SAVANNAH AND HODA
CATCH UP WITH THEIR SISTERS. >> IT WAS FUN.THEIR SISTERS.
>> IT WAS FUN.
>> I UNDERSTAND THERES SOME HOME VIDEOS INVOLVED.S SOME
HOME VIDEOS INVOLVED. >> OH, NO.
>> WERE GOING TO BE PLAYING
THEM ON THIS SHOW FOR YEARS TO
COME.
COME.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> WAIT A MINUTE.
>> HEY, NOW.
AWE.
>> SLO-MO, PLEASE.
>> LOOK AT YOU LITTLE LADIES.