Origin (2023)

Director: Ava DuVernay

Writer(s): Ava DuVernay; Isabel Wilkerson (book)

Starring: Connie Nielsen, Jon Bernthal, Aunjanue Ellis, Vera Farmiga, Nick Offerman, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Niecy Nash, Donna Mills, Audra McDonald, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blair Underwood, Leonardo Nam, Gissette Valentin, John Hans Tester, Sarah Navratil, Isha Blaaker, Jessica Fontaine, Matthew Zuk, Emily Yancy, Art Newkirk, Walker O’Duggan, Hannah Pniewski, Wyatt Werneth, Billie Roy, Steven Allen, Akil Jackson, Abigail London, Danielle Burr, Zing Ashford, Shena Verrett, James Dormuth, Lennox Simms, Hosea DeMarzino, Estella Kahiha, Adams Bellouis, Konstantin Lindhorst, Mad, ison Alkinburgh, Mark Williams, Steve Masterman-Smith, Caleb Dausch, Mike Goodman, Jeff Campanella, Eryka Del Gaizo, Thai Douglas, Keller Fornes, Ari Friedman, Yosef Friedman, Myles Frost, Linda D. Gaines, Carmen Cecilia Halphen, Kagan Herndon, Jequan Jackson, Ashley Kings, Dawn Lasusky, William Matthew Mang, Alba Katiuska Mera, Seth O’Herin, Ryan Pimentel, Cassandra Schafer, Brian T Shirley, John Eric Lee Smith, Steven Smith, Bryan Terry Snell, Nicc Varner

Synopsis: The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

Release Date: September 6, 2023 (Italy) | Length: 135 min | Genre: Drama, History | MPAA Rating: Unknown | Note(s): Based on the book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”. A Netflix original. There has been no update on this film since the Original announcementPaul Garnes, Thane Watkins and Ava DuVernay are producers on this project. Working title was “Caste”. To premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2023. Still waiting for full trailer and official poster.