Ava DuVernay on Her New Movie ‘Origin’ and Why Racism Is Just a ‘Band-Aid on a Wound’
TheWrap magazine: “It’s the skin on a skeleton. The skeleton is caste,” DuVernay says, discussing her new drama that digs into the root of inequality It was some time after the murder of George Floyd, after the emotional journey of making the 2019 limited series “When...
The Best Movies of 2023
Not since “Roots” has an American drama taken such an ambitious, all-encompassing approach to the stain of slavery. “Origin” is not about ancestry, but the seeds of a system that dehumanizes one group so that others may dominate them — a dynamic for which...
Ava DuVernay on Strikes, Making History at Venice, and Her Urgent New Film, Origin
When I meet Ava DuVernay, inside the bowels of the Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, I’m immediately struck by her poise and sense of purpose. Read More
Ava DuVernay Talks Breaking Color Barrier at the Venice Film Festival
Filmmaker behind Selma and The 13th became the first African American woman with a film in competition in Venice for her new drama Origin Read More