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HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH! A beautifully imperative and thought-provoking exploration of racism, ORIGIN is an enthralling, sincere and passionate film. This is quite possibly one of the most important films of our times and should not be missed!An inspired adaptation by director Ava DuVernay, ORIGIN stands as a unique chronicle of just how intimate a journalist's journey toward sharing a new idea with the world can be. Already established as the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her journalism, Isabel Wilkerson (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) is confronted by the question of race once again when a colleague asks her to write about Trayvon Martin’s death. Her husband, Brett (Jon Bernthal), encourages her to tackle the case, but she’s more interested in the core of where racial injustice comes from. After a tragedy forces her to reorient her life, Isabel begins a research project which spans the globe, mapping the connection between racism in America, Nazi Germany and the caste system in India. DuVernay creates powerful cinematic images out of the stories that Wilkerson brought to light in her bestselling book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, and the dark moments of her personal life which informed its writing. It results in a deeply moving and provocative portrait of the enduring trauma caused by discrimination, and the work required to heal afterwards.
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1127 Broadway St NE, Salem, OR, United States, Oregon 97301
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