--- title: 'Origin (2023)' type: 'film' director: 'Ava DuVernay' released: '2023-01-01' runtime_minutes: 135 certification: 'PG-13' genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/origin-2023' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13321244/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Origin (2023) 2023 · PG-13 · 135 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis Origin is a 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. It is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she writes the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Over the course of the film, Wilkerson travels throughout Germany, India, and the United States to research the caste systems in each country's history. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ava DuVernay](https://cinepixo.com/people/ava-duvernay) - **Screenplay:** [Ava DuVernay](https://cinepixo.com/people/ava-duvernay) - **Original Music Composer:** [Kris Bowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/kris-bowers) - **Producer:** [Paul Garnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-garnes) - **Director of Photography:** [Matthew J. Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-j-lloyd) ## Cast - [Victoria Pedretti](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-pedretti) - [Audra McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/audra-mcdonald) - [Donna Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/donna-mills) - [Blair Underwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/blair-underwood) - [Leonardo Nam](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonardo-nam) - [Nick Offerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-offerman) - [Jon Bernthal](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-bernthal) - [Niecy Nash](https://cinepixo.com/people/niecy-nash) - [Finn Wittrock](https://cinepixo.com/people/finn-wittrock) - [Vera Farmiga](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-farmiga) - [Jasmine Cephas-Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/jasmine-cephas-jones) - [Myles Frost](https://cinepixo.com/people/myles-frost) - [Connie Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/connie-nielsen) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: https://www.originfilm.com Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/origin-2023 Film facts: Wikidata (Q116745152); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.