There is a scene in the 1993 film "What’s Love Got to Do With It" when Tina Turner — brilliantly played by Oscar-nominated Angela Bassett — runs across lanes of traffic to escape her husband’s abuse.
This part of the movie is as chilling as it is powerful. It showed women — especially Gen Xers — what it looks like to fight for our lives and peace of mind. Turner’s conversion to Buddhism was one of my first lessons in how leaning on spirituality, not religious dogma, leads to emotional growth and freedom.
Turner’s will made her a star to me. But when I asked her about the impact the film had on my generation of women, in advance of "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," her answer surprised me.
