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‘I Think That Book Is A Love Letter:’ Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Opens Up About Portraying Grief In...
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Isabel in Origin. Major spoilers for Ava DuVernay’s Origin are ahead. If...
Ava DuVernay Wants to Expand Your Mind
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFor Ava DuVernay, whose projects like 13th, Selma, and When They See Us challenge viewers to contend with the gut-wrenching racism that’s colored...
With 'Origin,' Ava DuVernay tackles race issues through a new lens
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAva DuVernay, right, mixes elements of the nonfiction book "Caste" with the story of its author,...
Ava DuVernay’s Origin Is A Deeply Emotional Drama That Left Me Sobbing
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJon Bernthan and Aunjanue Ellis in Origin While art is subjective, the purpose of many mediums is to...
Ava DuVernay, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Niecy Nash-Betts on urgency of ‘Origin’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe film about Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson hit theaters today. “Origin” is...
Why Ava DuVernay is a 'different person' after directing “Origin”
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe filmmaker previews her new movie, starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Origin review: "Ava DuVernay's powerful conversation-starter"
Total Film via Yahoo News· 9 months agoorigin (2023) Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s 2020 bestseller Caste: The Origins of...
‘Origin’ review: From the unfilmable bestseller ‘Caste,’ Ava DuVernay finds the only possible movie
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months ago“You can’t be walking around at night, on a white street, and not expect trouble.” Author Isabel...
Why Ava DuVernay felt compelled to adapt a nonfiction bestseller into a character-driven narrative
NBC News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDirector Ava DuVernay has disrupted Hollywood by telling and supporting stories that most likely...
In 'Origin' movie, Mississippi-raised actor Aunjanue Ellis seeks the roots of racism
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNEW YORK — Ava DuVernay kept hearing she had to read “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” She...