Ava DuVernay Shared Her ‘Origin’ Inspiration At Packed MoMa Event

PHOTO CREDIT: DANIELE VENTURELLI/WIREIMAGE By Keyaira Boone ·Updated December 16, 2023

Ava DuVernay screened her latest film, Origin, at the Museum of Modern Arts’s (MoMa) Education and Research Center for members of the Black Arts Council and their guests on December 11. 

Origin is a loose adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s best-selling book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Starring Anjunue Ellis as Wilkerson, the film merges the text’s academic research

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