Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Book)

Ava DuVernay and Other Directors Rethink Holocaust Films

By Esther Zuckerman December 10, 2023Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Book), Film, Holocaust and the Nazi Era, Movies, Occupied City (Movie), Origin (Movie), The Zone of Interest (Movie)

Tragic tellings of the Shoah are all too common. The directors of “The Zone of Interest,” “Origin” and “Occupied City” refuse to let it live in the past.

‘Origin’ Review: The Roots of Our Racism

By Manohla Dargis December 7, 2023Bernthal, Jon (1976- ), Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Book), DuVernay, Ava, Ellis-Taylor, Aunjanue, Film, Frost, Myles, Movies, Origin (Movie), Wilkerson, Isabel

Ava DuVernay’s new feature film, adapted from the Isabel Wilkerson book “Caste,” turns the journalist into a character who examines oppression.

Ava DuVernay Explains How She Adapted the Nonfiction Best Seller ‘Caste’

By Kyle Buchanan September 5, 202313TH (Movie), Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Book), DuVernay, Ava, Film, Movies, Neon (Production Co), Netflix Inc, Origin (Movie), Wilkerson, Isabel

The nonfiction best seller explores race and hierarchy but doesn’t suggest a straightforward adaptation. For her film, DuVernay got creative.