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Origin

6.6

Released December 08, 2023Runtime 2h 21min

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ARRAY Filmworks

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $38,000,000
Revenue: $4,474,931
Profit/Loss: $-33,525,069

Stream

Rent

Videos

Cast

Aunjanue Ellis-TaylorIsabel Wilkerson

Niecy Nash-BettsMarion Wilkerson

Jon BernthalBrett Hamilton

Emily YancyRuby Wilkerson

Finn WittrockAugust Landmesser

Victoria PedrettiIrma Eckler

Jasmine Cephas JonesElizabeth Davis

Isha BlaakerAllison Davis

Vera FarmigaKate Medina

Audra McDonaldMiss Hale

Connie NielsenSabine

Blair UnderwoodAmari Selvan

Nick OffermanDave the Plumber

Stephanie MarchBinky Urban

Myles FrostTrayvon Martin

Suraj Yengde, Ph.DHimself

Donna MillsMrs. Copeland

Michael "Spike" TopoozianSales Executive

Cristin KönigNazi Librarian

Franz HartwigErich Kästner

Jakob von EichelPastor

Thai DouglasTeddy

Matthias MillerBerlin Librarian

Daniel LommatzschJoseph Goebbels

Max SchimmelpfennigNazi Student Organizer

Mieke SchymuraNigella Dunkley

John Hans TesterUlrich Kostlin

Leonardo NamNathan Kostlin

Bryan Terry ShellPest Control Guy

Ann-Sophie HeierMuseum Curator

Ingo HülsmannEduard Kohlrausch

Holger HandtkeFritz Grau

Felix GoeserBernhard Lösener

Luis LüpsAchim Gercke

Konstantin LindhorstRoland Freisler

David BredinKarl Klee

Matthew ZukBurleigh Gardner

Hannah PniewskiMary Gardner

Jessica FontaineEssie

Steven AllenRed Haired Man

Gigi PereiraTraveler/ Restaurant Patron

Will BakerTraveler / Restaurant Patron

Wyatt WernethSheriff

Monica PatankarConference Leader

Zing AshfordCousin Patrice

Akil JacksonCousin Andre

Malachi MalikJames Hale

Gissette ValentinGina the Realtor

Prakash DhingraTuk-Tuk Driver

Abhishek Arun BhaleraoProfessor Ram Rawat

Shahid KhanScarf Vendor

Jyotsana SiddharthIndian Woman Docent

Ishaan YadavYoung Ambedkar

Dhrubo JyotiHimself

Snehalata Siddharth TagdeDr. Jajula Valicharla

Sarah NavratilGerman Lady in Powder Room #1

Tatiana HarmanGerman Lady in Powder Room #2

Abigail LondonAugust & Irma's Daughter

Danielle BurrJewish Woman

Raphael AllanJewish Son

Lennox SimmsAl Bright

Allan JonesCoach

Emerson SmithYoung Al's Friend

Avery GibsonCity Champ #3

Allan WilaytoAdult Al's Friend

Bryan McClurePark Worker

Keller FornesLifeguard

Carmen HalphenAirplane Passenger

Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive voice)

Crew

Ava DuVernayDirector

Mike TopoozianFirst Assistant Director

Udayan BaijalFirst Assistant Director

Shubhank RishiSecond Assistant Director

Mohit SilswalSecond Assistant Director

Amar VaswaniSecond Assistant Director

Ava DuVernayWriter

Isabel WilkersonBook

Laurene Powell JobsExecutive Producer

Melinda GatesExecutive Producer

Aunjanue Ellis-TaylorExecutive Producer

Tilane JonesExecutive Producer

Regina MillerExecutive Producer

Anne WojcickiExecutive Producer

Aisha ColeyCasting

Kimberly StewardExecutive Producer

Ava DuVernayProducer

Sarah Perlman BremnerProducer

Paul Goodwin GarnesProducer

Anissa GarciaCasting Associate

Vanessa TollCasting Associate

Spencer AverickEditor

John SanchezArt Direction

Ina MayhewProduction Design

Audra AveryArt Direction

Mark DillonSupervising Art Director

Jacqueline Jacobson ScarfoSet Decoration

Trish NavarroAssistant Art Director

Wyatt WinborneCG Supervisor

Dominique DawsonCostume Design

Kris BowersOriginal Music Composer

Matthew J. LloydDirector of Photography

Coya ElliottSound Effects Editor

Doug M. ThomasApprentice Sound Editor

Steve SlanecSupervising Sound Editor

Willie D. BurtonSound Mixer

Jason ButlerFoley Mixer

Brian ChumneySupervising Sound Editor

Luke Dunn GielmudaSound Effects Editor

Sean EnglandFoley Artist

Andre FenleyFoley Editor

Chris FrazierFoley Editor

Andrea GardFoley Artist

Pete HornerSound Re-Recording Mixer

Al NelsonSound Designer

Tony VillaflorSound Re-Recording Mixer

Doug WinninghamSound Effects Editor

Matt OsborneAdditional Colorist

Mazi MitchellGaffer

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Reviews

by Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/origin-venice-film-festival-review-a-must-see-educational-story/ "Origin brilliantly transposes the pillars of caste from Isabel Wilkerson's book to the big screen through an incredibly revealing, genuinely fascinating narrative, despite becoming...

The acting is all really quite adequate here, but it's not really that important to the fascinating underlying premiss that underpins the theory that race, in itself, might not be the reasons for the hierarchical nature of a society that always manages to create sub-classes. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor o...

by Brent Marchant

Those who believe that institutionalized systemic racism is fundamentally an American problem should probably give a serious look to this latest offering from writer-director Ava DuVernay, best known for the superb historical drama, “Selma” (2014). Based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discon...

A missed opportunity. While I agree with the most but not everything that was stated in the movie, I can't understand why it failed to find obvious similarities to segregation based on religion. Am I the only one who sees forbidding marriage between religions the same as forbidding interracial marr...