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Oregon ArtsWatch | Oregon Arts & Culture News
5 months ago
Film

FilmWatch Weekly: 'Origin' disappoints, Oscar nominations are out, and the legacy of Dennis Nyback is celebrated

The film adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste, directed by Ava DuVernay, is a disappointment compared to the acclaimed book.
The film follows an unconvincingly incredulous author and takes too much credit for the book's ideas. [ more ]
The New Yorker
5 months ago
Film

How Ava DuVernay Restages History in "Origin"

Ava DuVernay's film "Origin" is an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson's book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents."
The film explores the concept of a hierarchical social structure that determines people's status and power. [ more ]
IndieWire
5 months ago
Film

'Origin' Star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Has Grown Tired of the 'Slow Burn' of Recognition

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor discusses her role as journalist Isabel Wilkerson in Ava DuVernay's film 'Origin' based on Wilkerson's book 'Caste'.
Ellis-Taylor describes challenging the pillars of caste in her everyday life, such as confronting a restaurant displaying the Confederate flag in Mississippi. [ more ]
Vulture
9 months ago
Writing

Ava DuVernay's Origin Devastates Venice

Ava DuVernay's 'Origin' turns Isabel Wilkerson's 'Caste' into a historical mystery through a narrative cinema lens. [ more ]
Oregon ArtsWatch | Oregon Arts & Culture News
5 months ago
Film

FilmWatch Weekly: 'Origin' disappoints, Oscar nominations are out, and the legacy of Dennis Nyback is celebrated

The film adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste, directed by Ava DuVernay, is a disappointment compared to the acclaimed book.
The film follows an unconvincingly incredulous author and takes too much credit for the book's ideas. [ more ]
The New Yorker
5 months ago
Film

How Ava DuVernay Restages History in "Origin"

Ava DuVernay's film "Origin" is an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson's book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents."
The film explores the concept of a hierarchical social structure that determines people's status and power. [ more ]
IndieWire
5 months ago
Film

'Origin' Star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Has Grown Tired of the 'Slow Burn' of Recognition

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor discusses her role as journalist Isabel Wilkerson in Ava DuVernay's film 'Origin' based on Wilkerson's book 'Caste'.
Ellis-Taylor describes challenging the pillars of caste in her everyday life, such as confronting a restaurant displaying the Confederate flag in Mississippi. [ more ]
Vulture
9 months ago
Writing

Ava DuVernay's Origin Devastates Venice

Ava DuVernay's 'Origin' turns Isabel Wilkerson's 'Caste' into a historical mystery through a narrative cinema lens. [ more ]
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www.theguardian.com
6 months ago
Film

Ava DuVernay: We need to wake up. We're less than a year away from a transition of power'

Origin is a biopic about a Black woman's intellectual journey, a story rarely seen in movies about intellectual quests that typically feature white men.
The film is a stylistically bold adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson's book 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents', exploring the concept of caste as a global system of oppression that transcends race. [ more ]
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