Origin

2023
PG-13
2h 21m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

7.2K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

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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

7.2K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,240

274

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 8 wins & 32 nominations total

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
When Brett and Isabel are riding in the Audi, the speedometer is at zero and doesn't move.

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

User reviews76

Featured review

7/10

What about native Americans

Great movie but the author and/or director completely forgot or ignored the plight and treatment native Americans from them caste hypothesis/equation, Seriously!? Why?

I would think Native Americans should have given some sort acknowledgment from origin standpoint as they were first to be "casted" prior to African Americans.

I haven't read the book, but the movie does feel like abrupt in trying to connect and transition amongst different story lines or historical situations.

Then summarization in the end is just beautifully done. But movies felt too dense and compact in terms of content as the authors personal life events and challenges were being tried to intertwined hit socially and racial complexities.