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  1. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 18, 2024. Maria Lattila Film Stories. With Origin, DuVernay once again proves that she is a masterful director, with fresh ideas and a fearlessness that ...

  2. Sep 19, 2023 · In “ Origin ,” Ava DuVernay weaves a centuries- and continents-spanning narrative feature around the ideas of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson, who rejects the word “racism ...

  3. Jan 17, 2024 · But more than just an origin story for a sociological treatise, DuVernay’s film wants to be a starting point for rethinking race in the 21st century, before we all collectively tumble over a ...

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  4. Sep 6, 2023 · Cast: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald. Director-screenwriter: Ava DuVernay. 2 hours 10 minutes. Caste is not an obvious text for adaptation. It ...

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  5. Jan 17, 2024 · Ava DuVernay’s new filmOrigin” is that something else. It is a powerful and artistic interpretation of an academic book that was anything but an obvious candidate for a narrative feature. The book in question is “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” in which Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson offers an overriding ...

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  6. www.metacritic.com › movie › originOrigin - Metacritic

    Dec 8, 2023 · While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery. Despite the colossal scope of her project, she finds beauty and bravery while crafting one of the defining American books of our time. Inspired by the New York Times Best-Seller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel ...

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  8. Jan 19, 2024 · "Origin," the latest gift of essential filmmaking from director-producer-writer Ava DuVernay, goes into wide release in theaters today. Don't pass it by, as some have, maybe thinking that DuVernay's take on Isabel Wilkerson's 2020 nonfiction bestseller, "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents," sounds more like homework than a fun time at the movies.

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