VIDEO: Ava DuVernay Talks Working with Oprah on New Drama 'Queen Sugar'

Ava DuVernay directed 2015 Best Picture Oscar nominee "Selma" and won a Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival for "Middle of Nowhere." This morning she tells TODAY about "Queen Sugar," the new OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK drama she co-created with Oprah, about two sisters and a Louisiana sugarcane farm in the heart of Louisiana.

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