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“Origin” is a journalistic film
- At its core, “Origin” is a journalistic film. Similar to all great reporting, it demands for the viewer to not look away. Thus, as Isabel continues to research—interviewing, reading, and writing—what we see is a Black woman at work in a profession that cinematically is too often reserved for white people.
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At its core, “Origin” is a journalistic film. Similar to all great reporting, it demands for the viewer to not look away. Thus, as Isabel continues to research—interviewing, reading, and writing—what we see is a Black woman at work in a profession that cinematically is too often reserved for white people.
Now, ORIGIN, a new film by award-winning director Ava DuVernay, is bringing Wilkerson's ideas to the big screen. But how do you go about adapting an acclaimed work of investigative journalism into a narrative-driven feature film?
Origin is a 2021 and 2022 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. It is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she writes the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
Dec 7, 2023 · Ava DuVernay’s new feature film, adapted from the Isabel Wilkerson book “Caste,” turns the journalist into a character who examines oppression.
Part biopic, part polemic, it’s an account of African American journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson’s experiences while researching and writing Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, a study of social discrimination that sat high on The New York Times bestseller list for more than five months.
Mar 9, 2024 · Bringing the story of Isabel Wilkerson, the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for journalism, to the big screen
May 3, 2024 · Writing a new book, journalist Isabel Wilkerson (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) investigates historic and present-day caste structures — while overcoming personal tragedies.
