In “Origin,” Ava DuVernay weaves a centuries- and continents-spanning narrative feature around the ideas of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson, who rejects the word “racism.” It’s not t…
weaves a centuries- and continents-spanning narrative feature around the ideas of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson, who rejects the word “racism.” It’s not that she doesn’t believe that racism exists; rather, she doesn’t think that racism alone can explain the inequity in human society — the way America’s founders could have written “all men are created equal” and meant something so different.
Rather than adapting “Caste” directly , DuVernay opts to focus on Wilkerson herself. This may sound like a recipe for disaster. Imagine a series of “eureka” moments as the journalist brainstorms with editors, scours libraries and furrows her brow in front of her laptop en route to publishing her bestseller. How could this possibly be cinematic? How could it possibly be compelling?
Sabine can beg to differ, but what makes DuVernay’s movie so essential is the way it frames the conversation around America’s most difficult issue. “Origin” draws comparisons, introduces examples and enables discussion. And it deemphasizes the dreaded “R-word,” racism, which has a way of triggering white fragility and stopping meaningful discussion dead in its tracks.
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