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The film opens with the 2012 murder of Black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, later recreating Nazi-era Germany, the Jim Crow South and other moments it connects through the idea of caste.
Ava DuVernay's new film, 'Origin,' is based on Isabel Wilkerson's 2020 book 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.'
In an exclusive interview with BET.com, DuVernay, lead actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Emmy-winning Niecy Nash-Betts discuss the film's creation, the power of cinema, and the profound impact of telling stories that matter.
Based on Isabel Wilkerson’s bestseller “Caste,” the film dramatizes Nazi Germany and connects it to other global systems of oppression.
Using Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ as a starting point, the filmmaker turns the making of a bestseller into an attempt to rethink the subject of race.