The film from Ava DuVernay is inspired by the life and work of Isabel Wilkerson.
Months after making its debut at the Venice Film Festival, “Origin” is hitting theaters nationwide and the project written, directed, and executive produced by Ava DuVernay is a triumph on every level.
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Whether analyzing what led to the extermination of millions of innocent lives in Nazi Germany or the extermination of one single life in Sanford, Florida, the root cause is the same — and that’s a remarkable revelation. Even more remarkable is what can happen if people start realizing the ways in which they participate and perpetuate a system they think they have nothing to do with.
Ahead of a particularly perilous election in this country and an even more precarious time across the globe, the themes examined in “Origin” are urgent and necessary.
What can be done with this discovery and how can it change the way we treat each other and move forward in a world that seems to be more divided than ever? Perhaps we can create and consume art like this that inspires conversations and illuminates realities about the ways in which we are all indisputably linked and illuminates the reality that no matter who or what is responsible for wrecking this house we call our world, we all must live in it now.
“Origin” is in select theaters now.
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