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On Saturday (Jan. 6th), the Museum Of Tolerance hosted an advanced special screening for Ava DuVernay's New Film "ORIGIN."
Acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay, known for works like "Selma" and "When They See Us," is taking on her most ambitious project yet (according to critics) with "Origin," an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s best-seller “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.”
In some conversations about the film, DuVernay has opened up about the challenges she faces in breaking traditional screenwriting and filmmaking rules.
DuVernay, the Oscar-nominated director of "Selma" and "A Wrinkle in Time," the documentary "13th." Many New Yorkers remember her for her outstanding work highlighting the stories of the "Central Park Five" through Netflix mini-series "When They See Us."