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  2. "I really want people to see this film," Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor says of the new drama in which she stars, Origin. For her, that is not wishful thinking; it's an action plan. The day before our Zoom call, the Oscar-nominated actress stood outside of a movie theater in Los Angeles handing out flyers for the film.

  3. Jan 16, 2024 · Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on how director Ava DuVernay told her she needed someone who could forgo the comforts of a star for her 'Origin' role.

  4. Jan 12, 2024 · Speaking to IndieWire over Zoom, Ellis-Taylor used a moment over the holidays in her native Mississippi to describe the ways in which she challenges the pillars of caste Wilkerson writes about in...

  5. Jan 12, 2024 · Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Put Everything Into Origin. She Hopes It Wasn’t in Vain. The Oscar nominee reveals all about her brilliant, emotional performance in Ava DuVernay’s awards underdog—and the...

  6. Jan 3, 2024 · Oscar and Emmy nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor didn't think she 'had a shot in hell' at getting cast in Ava DuVernay's 'Origin,' but she did and tells EW why the movie was 'one of the hardest...

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    Jan 19, 2024 · Ava DuVernay's Origin isn't a conventional biopic. It's the story of Isabel Wilkerson's (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor's) intellectual journey as she writes her ground-breaking book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, published in 2020.

  8. Jan 19, 2024 · When it comes to Hollywood awarding Black female filmmakers like Ava DuVernay, “it feels like a disconnect,” says Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, star of the new movie 'Origin'.