Origin
(2024, original release: 2023)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/ORIGIN
SR CENTER/DVD/DRAMA/ORIGIN

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/DRAMA/ORIGIN Available
Senior Center Movie SR CENTER/DVD/DRAMA/ORIGIN Available (not Holdable)

Details

PUBLISHED
New York City, NY : Neon, 2024
©2023
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
0843501042434 DCNE4243DVD, 843501042434
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Inspired by "Caste: the origins of our discontent" by Isabel Wilkerson." -- Back cover

A journalist investigates caste and it's dark influence on society while also experiencing love, loss, and witnessing the beauty of human resilience

Written & directed by Ava DuVernay ; music by Kris Bowers ; edited by Spencer Averick A.C.E. ; production designer Ina Mayhew ; director of photography Matthew J. Lloyd, ASC

"While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist experiences soaring love and unfathomable loss as she uncovers the beauty of human resilience. Inspired by the New York Times best seller "Caste" and starting Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ava DuVernay's Origin explores the mystery of history, the wonders of romance and a fight for the future of us all" --

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, and Niecy Nash-Betts

MPA rating: PG-13 ; thematic material involving racism, violence, some disturbing images, language and smoking

DVD ; 1.85:1 Widescreen ; Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Audio Description 2.0 Dolby Digital

Audio in English, German or Hindi ; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), Spanish

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