Origin – Budget of $38 million – 2 hours and 15 minutes
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Isabel Wilkerson stands in front of an image of August Landmesser. She explains his heroic act of defiance and how it came to be. Isabel leaves the stage, and her editor, Amari, congratulates her. Then, he asks her to write about the Trayvon Martin case. He has the unedited 911 calls and believes it clarifies what happened and why. Amari points at racism, but Isabel believes that is a default and easy answer.
Isabel returns home and settles into bed with her husband, Brett, but something won’t let her sleep. She sits and listens to the call. Later, Isabel talks to friends about Heather Heyer. She protested for equality, and a Neo-Nazi killed her. Isabel believes both murders are somehow linked, and race is not the common denominator. She reads Deep South and Annihilation of Caste (FTC Affiliate Disclaimer). They stoke a potential answer. The linking factor for generational atrocities is a caste system. Isabel doesn’t want to explain the caste system but uncover the pillars of it. She will find links between American Slavery, the Holocaust, and the Dalit, and then create a groundbreaking book.
This movie describes the origin of Isabel’s extraordinary novel Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent (FTC Affiliate Disclaimer). She travels to the Southern U.S., Germany, and India to uncover the truth behind hatred, how it starts, and our responsibility. As Isabel works to heal and teach, she loses her foundation. The people who encourage her the most die. She has to fight through the sadness to seek more. Isabel asks the hard questions and doesn’t accept the easy answer. She is the definition of a journalist. Isabel reminds the audience that journalist integrity can exist in a world of clickbait. It’s impossible to leave this film without learning something and thinking about the caste system and your place in it. Be prepared to cry, think, and change.
I give it 5 out of 5 stars
You don’t escape trauma by ignoring it. You escape it by confronting it – Isabel
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