“And… action!” It was early February 2023 in Savannah, Georgia, on the set of acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s latest movie, Origin, based on Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. DuVernay was directing a large sequence involving the film’s main character, played by Aunjanue Ellis, and hundreds of extras, all dressed in tuxedos and ball gowns, at a local museum. Before calling action, DuVernay had described her vision for the scene to the cast and crew, but she had also taken the time to explain the process to a small group of visitors—most on their first-ever visit to a film set—who had helped finance the movie.