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
Origin review: Ava DuVernay’s bold, fascinating drama exposes a terrible framework of global bigotry
The Selma director is back with a drama centring on writer Isabel Wilkerson and her research into systemic injustice. It’s fiercely focused and full of heart, writes Steph Green.