Origin Trivia | 30 facts about the film

“Origin” is biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the film.

1. Origin is a 2023 American biographical drama film
2. It is written and directed by Ava DuVernay
3. It is based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
4. The book describes racism in the United States as an aspect of a caste system.
5. The film stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Wilkerson
6. Alongside Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nick Offerman, and Blair Underwood
7. Origin was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival
8. There it premiered on September 6, 2023
9. It had a limited theatrical release by Neon on December 8, 2023
10. And a wide release on January 19, 2024
11. Grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery as she writes Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
12. In October 2020, it was announced that Ava DuVernay would direct, write, and produce a film adaption of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents for Netflix
13. After Netflix was no longer attached
14. Other studios passed
15. DuVernay turned to financing from Ford Foundation, Emerson Collective and Pivotal Ventures, among others
16. In January 2023, Aunjanue Ellis, Niecy Nash-Betts, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Nick Offerman and Connie Nielsen joined the cast of the film
17. In February 2023, Audra McDonald, Myles Frost, Blair Underwood, Victoria Pedretti, Isha Blaaker, Finn Wittrock, Leonardo Nam and Donna Mills joined the cast of the film
18. Principal photography began in December 2022
19. The film ends with New Zealand musician Stan Walker’s song “I Am”
20. The song is sung bilingually in English and Māori
21. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 81% rating
22. Based on 103 critics’ reviews
23. With an average rating of 7.5/10
24. The website’s consensus reads: “A moving drama that’s unafraid to ask big questions, Origin honors its source material with powerful performances in service of a deeply emotional story”
25. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 75 out of 100
26. Based on 35 critics
27. Indicating “generally favorable” reviews
28. Recently a video of Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor marketing her film throught postcards outside a film theater
29. not everybody found the grassroots campaign a cause for celebration
30. Namely, the film’s director