When filmmaker Ava DuVernay first read Isabel Wilkerson's 2020 book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, she was so stunned, she reread it twice. The bestselling book draws a line between India's ...
“Origin” is a movie unlike any other. It’s not a documentary, and yet it contains historical reenactments. It’s a dramatic feature, but it’s not really about telling a story. It’s about putting ...
It was some time after the murder of George Floyd, after the emotional journey of making the 2019 limited series “When They See Us,” after the national reckoning that came with Black Lives Matter, ...
Words like “important” and “vital” are thrown around possibly a little too much in film criticism. It’s not that we don’t mean it — it’s just that sometimes we (ok, I) can get a bit excited. And when ...
Ava DuVernay describes her new movie "Origin," which is based on Isabel Wilkerson's book "Caste," as "a film about a woman in pursuit of an idea." "It took me a really long time to wrap my mind around ...
Words like “important” and “vital” are thrown around possibly a little too much in film criticism. It’s not that we don’t mean it — it’s just that sometimes we (ok, I) can get a bit excited. And when ...
Words like “important” and “vital” are thrown around possibly a little too much in film criticism. It’s not that we don’t mean it — it’s just that sometimes we (ok, I) can get a bit excited. And when ...