‘Origin’ story: How Ava DuVernay’s new movie connects the Holocaust, slavery and caste
The film opens with the 2012 murder of Black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, later recreating Nazi-era Germany, the Jim Crow South and other moments it connects through the idea of caste.
Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in a scene from "Origin."(photo credit: ARRAY FILMWORKS/NEON/JTA)ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA