Watch the trailer for Origin, an upcoming movie starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Isha Carlos Blaaker, Vera Farmiga, Audra Mcdonald, Connie Nielsen, Blair Underwood, Nick Offerman, Stephanie March, and Myles Frost.
While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable loss and uncovers the beauty of love and human resilience. Inspired by the New York Times best-seller “Caste” and starring Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“King Richard”), ORIGIN explores the mystery of history, the wonders of romance and a fight for our future.
Origin, written and directed by Ava DuVernay, opens in theaters on January 19, 2024.
While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable loss and uncovers the beauty of love and human resilience. Inspired by the New York Times best-seller “Caste” and starring Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“King Richard”), ORIGIN explores the mystery of history, the wonders of romance and a fight for our future.
Origin, written and directed by Ava DuVernay, opens in theaters on January 19, 2024.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:01 Mom made me promise I'd come by today.
00:03 It's my birthday.
00:05 Wait, today is your birthday?
00:07 Yeah.
00:08 Happy birthday.
00:11 It's Brett.
00:13 I'm Isabel.
00:14 Yeah, I know.
00:14 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:18 Most relationships end.
00:24 Friendships, romances, they break.
00:30 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:34 You OK?
00:37 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:40 If you look closely, you'll find something tragic
00:45 is happening.
00:46 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:49 Are you interested in writing something for us?
00:50 I don't do assignments anymore.
00:52 You're a better writer than most people do anything.
00:55 Have you heard the tapes?
00:56 No.
00:57 Of what?
00:59 Federal Police Department, Bush-Shaw.
01:02 Hey, we've had some break-ins in my neighborhood,
01:04 and there's a real suspicious guy.
01:06 Looks like he's up to no good or something.
01:09 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:13 I want to be in the story.
01:18 Really inside the story.
01:23 I can build a thesis that shows how all of this is linked.
01:30 I got to be honest with you, I don't understand.
01:32 I don't see it.
01:35 You go and write your story.
01:37 Folks need to know about this.
01:40 You're trying to make sense of racism,
01:43 but your thesis is flawed.
01:46 It was all lies.
01:47 They knew we weren't inferior.
01:49 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:51 You don't escape trauma by ignoring it.
01:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:58 You escape trauma by confronting it.
02:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:04 I don't write questions.
02:05 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:09 I write answers.
02:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:13 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:17 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:21 (dramatic music)