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  1. Mar 7, 2024 · At the simplest level, the movie is an adaptation of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, the 2020 non-fiction bestseller by American writer Isabel Wilkerson. Her thesis was that...

  2. Jan 16, 2024 · Origin” aims to link the violent repercussions of American slavery to the horrific crimes of the Holocaust to India’s degrading caste system in a narrative that combines gnawing grief with a cyclical sense of history.

  3. Mar 6, 2024 · Adapted from Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, a hefty factual tome exploring the enduring existence of caste systems, it unrolls the book on screen as a personal journey of discoveries for ­Wilkerson (deftly played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor).

  4. Mar 8, 2024 · DuVernays film is based on the bestselling 2020 book by Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents. The book’s argument is that caste, rather than race, is at the root of society...

  5. Dec 7, 2023 · Ava DuVernays new feature film, adapted from the Isabel Wilkerson book “Caste,” turns the journalist into a character who examines oppression.

  6. Sep 6, 2023 · Ava DuVernay pulls it off intelligently with Origin, playing in competition at the Venice Film Festival, which follows journalist Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she...

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  8. Jan 22, 2024 · The celebrated US director speaks about her latest release Origin, and its extraordinarily ambitious, emotional exploration of how racism and prejudice has thrived around the world through...

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