Origin
2023 film by Ava DuVernay
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| September 12 2024 | Ava DuVernay won the Drama Feature Film category at the Humanitas Prize. |
| March 16 2024 | At the NAACP Image Awards, the film was nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture and Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. Ava DuVernay won for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture. Lennox Simm was also nominated for Outstanding Youth Performance. |
| March 12 2024 | Released on digital platforms. |
| March 12 2024 | Digital platform release of 'Origin'. |
| March 8 2024 | Release of 'Origin' in the UK by Black Bear Pictures. |
| January 2024 | Film expanded to 664 theaters in the weekend following its official opening, generating $1.3 million in box office revenue. |
| January 26 2024 | Expanded theatrical release of 'Origin' to wider audiences. |
| January 19 2024 | Official opening weekend for Origin, earning $826,235 from 125 theaters. |
| January 19 2024 | Origin began a limited theatrical release by Neon, bringing the film about Isabel Wilkerson's book 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents' to audiences. |
| January 17 2024 | Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor was nominated for Best Actress at the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards. |
| January 16 2024 | The film received multiple nominations at the Black Reel Awards, including Outstanding Film, Outstanding Director for Ava DuVernay, Outstanding Screenplay, Outstanding Lead Performance for Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Outstanding Editing for Spencer Averick. |
| December 8 2023 | Origin officially opened in a limited theatrical release. |
| December 8 2023 | One-week qualifying run of 'Origin' in New York and Los Angeles. |
| November 27 2023 | Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor was nominated for Outstanding Lead Performance at the Gotham Awards. |
| November 15 2023 | The film was nominated for Best Original Song – Feature Film at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for the song 'I Am' by Stan Walker, Michael Fatkin, Vince Harder, and Te Kanapu Anasta. |
| October 29 2023 | The film 'Origin' won the Audience Award for Narrative Feature at the Virginia Film Festival. Ava DuVernay also received the Visionary Award at the same event. |
| September 11 2023 | The film screened at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. |
| September 11 2023 | Screening of 'Origin' at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. |
| September 9 2023 | Ava DuVernay was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival for the film 'Origin'. |
| September 6 2023 | Origin premiered in competition at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, showcasing Ava DuVernay's biographical drama about Isabel Wilkerson's research on caste systems. |
| February 2023 | Second group of actors including Audra McDonald, Myles Frost, Blair Underwood, Victoria Pedretti, Isha Blaaker, Finn Wittrock, Leonardo Nam, and Donna Mills joined the cast. |
| January 2023 | First group of actors including Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Niecy Nash-Betts, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Nick Offerman, and Connie Nielsen joined the cast. |
| December 2022 | Principal photography for the film 'Origin' began. |
| November 2020 | Wilkerson's book Caste becomes a number one New York Times nonfiction best-seller around the time of the U.S. presidential election. |
| October 2020 | Ava DuVernay announced as director, writer, and producer for a film adaptation of 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents' for Netflix. |
| 2012 | Isabel Wilkerson is consulted for her opinion following the killing of Trayvon Martin, which prompts her exploration of systemic bigotry beyond racial categorizations. |
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