#isabel-wilkerson

#isabel-wilkerson

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 ]

Ava DuVernay's latest film, 'Origin,' takes ideas seriously and is replete with intellectual substance.

The film drew inspiration and funding from unlikely sources and broke every rule DuVernay has learned from her years in Hollywood. [ more ]

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 ]

Ava DuVernay's film, Origin, is an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson's nonfiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.

The movie struggles to balance its dramatic and documentary elements.

The film is at its best when it focuses on Wilkerson's fascinating ideas. [ more ]

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 ]

Ava DuVernay's 'Origin' turns Isabel Wilkerson's 'Caste' into a historical mystery through a narrative cinema lens. [ more ]