Origin

2023
PG-13
2h 21m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

6.5K

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The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

6.5K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,301

317

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Awards
- 6 wins & 30 nominations

Marion Wilkerson
(as Niecy Nash-Betts)

Emily Yancy

Ruby Wilkerson

Finn Wittrock

August Landmesser

Victoria Pedretti

Irma Eckler

Jasmine Cephas Jones

Elizabeth Davis

Isha Blaaker

Allison Davis
(as Isha Carlos Blaaker)

Vera Farmiga

Kate

Audra McDonald

Miss Hale

Connie Nielsen

Sabine

Blair Underwood

Amari Selvan

Nick Offerman

Dave the Plumber

Stephanie March

Binky

Myles Frost

Trayvon Martin

Suraj Yengde

Suraj Yengde, Ph.D.
(as Suraj Yengde PhD)

Donna Mills

Mrs. Copeland

Mike Topoozian

Sales Executive
(as Mike 'Spike' Topoozian)

Director
- Ava DuVernay
Writer
- Ava DuVernay
All cast & crew
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Trivia
A Washington Post article titled "Budgets for 'prestige' films dried up. So Ava DuVernay found a new way." was released on 12/4/23; it details how DuVernay financed the film partly through grants, including from the Ford Foundation, which enabled her to make a bigger film.

Goofs
The previous entry stated there was an anachronism with the plumber wearing a red MAGA hat at least 3 years before the first hat was ever made. This is incorrect, because the scene takes place after Isabel's mother had passed away, which was in December 2016. The red MAGA hat was a popular merchandise item during Donald Trump's campaign for U.S. president in which the election took place in November 2016.

Quotes
Isabel Wilkerson: And yes, not one of us was around when this house was built.
Isabel Wilkerson: But here we are. The current occupants of a property with stress cracks built into the foundation, and a roof that must be replaced.
Isabel Wilkerson: We are the heirs to whatever is right or wrong with it. We didn't erect the uneven pillars. But they are ours to deal with now.
Isabel Wilkerson: The cracks won't fix themselves. Any more deterioration is on our watch.

Soundtracks
I Am
Written by Stan Walker, Michael Fatkin, Vince Harder, Te Kanapu Anasta
Performed by Stan Walker
Produced by Michael Fatkin
Courtesy of Aki Aki, Sony Music Group, Universal Publishing Group, Harder Music Group

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Featured review

9/10

Heartbreaking and Illuminating

Heartbreaking and illuminating, all at once. You might think a movie about a more academic leaning book might be boring and dry, but this film is quite the opposite. It's full of emotion, as we get the story of Isabel Wilkerson's personal life and the trials she faced leading up to the publication of Caste, as well as reinactments of significant historical events that inspired the thesis.

Some parts of the movie lost my attention, but for the most part, I thought this was extremely well done. The acting was, all around, fantastic. The breakdown of the thesis at the core of the movie made sense, and the storytelling about the author herself kept the movie compelling.

I hope you leave the move also looking for ways to defy caste.