Ava DuVernay Illuminates America’s Caste System with ‘Origin’

Award-winning director Ava DuVernay’s new film Origin explores a new way to consider the historical subjugation of Black people in America: As the adverse result of a caste system.The film is inspired by Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. In the movie, Wilkerson embarks on a journey to learn about caste – traveling to Germany and India to get to the root of the Black experience in America. DuVernay also directed 13th, When They See Us, and Selma.