Origin (Movie)

‘American Fiction,’ ‘Origin’ and the Pressures Black Writers Face

The movies explore what happens when authors who focus exclusively on racism in their work push back against political and commercial stresses.

By Salamishah Tillet

Bernthal, Jon (1976- ) DuVernay, Ava Ellis-Taylor, Aunjanue Movies Origin (Movie)

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Ava DuVernay on the Emotional Journey of ‘Origin’

For their unconventional adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste,” the writer-director and star tapped into the best-seller’s poignant back story.

By Reggie Ugwu

Bazawule, Blitz Black People Books and Literature Movies Origin (Movie) The Color Purple (Movie)

The Great Experiment That Is ‘The Color Purple’

A new adaptation shows how rich Alice Walker’s novel is and how the source material can lend itself to unconventional storytelling.

By Salamishah Tillet

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Book) Holocaust and the Nazi Era Movies Occupied City (Movie) Origin (Movie) The Zone of Interest (Movie)

Ava DuVernay and Other Directors Rethink Holocaust Films

Tragic tellings of the Shoah are all too common. The directors of “The Zone of Interest,” “Origin” and “Occupied City” refuse to let it live in the past.

By Esther Zuckerman