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Origin: Directed by Ava DuVernay. With Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash, Emily Yancy. The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
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- Drama, History
- Ava DuVernay
- 2024-01-19
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.
Mar 7, 2024 · Overlooked at the Oscars, the film is the year’s Best Socio-Historical-Contemporary-Biopic. From the start, DuVernay marches to her own drum. It is 2012. Wilkerson is still being praised...
Parents need to know that Origin is writer-director-producer Ava DuVernay's moving drama about the story behind award-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson's bestselling nonfiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. The film follows what influenced Wilkerson's (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) links…
- Ava Duvernay
- Sandie Angulo Chen
- Aunjanue Ellis, Niecy Nash, Jon Bernthal
May 10, 2019 · Origin Story is a feature-length, international quest - with stops in Los Angeles, Minnesota, and Laos - to meet the biological father she never knew. On the road, unforeseen revelations strike as hilarious or heartbreaking, rarely in between.
- Kulap Vilaysack
- Kulap Vilaysack
Structurally speaking, Origin takes an unusual approach to its storytelling device. As per the onscreen notice at the beginning, it’s inspired by the non-fiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson.
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