Sarah Lewis author of The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery argues that creative work can be just as important to bringing about social change as any other form of activism.

Watch her words below:

Ava Duvernay has directed two critically-acclaimed films, I Will Follow (2011) and Middle of Nowhere (2012). She's the first Black woman to receive the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival.

She explains how she finds inspiration for her creative work.