Debbi LaPorte
Di Kerrigan
Joe Phelps
August 9, 12:00p and another at 5:30p
FREE
Class Description
Listen Learn Act and Roots 101 African American Museum
invite you to join us for a
FREE SHOWING
of the brilliant film "ORIGIN"
Origin chronicles the process of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson as she researches and writes Caste, the Origins of our Discontents, which is considered one of the defining books of our time. The film is directed by Academy Award winner Ava Duvernay and stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Wilkerson.
According to Tonya Mosley in her interview with Ava DuVernay on NPR's Fresh Air,
'Origin' deepens our understanding of what Black people experience in America
Refreshments will be served. We hope you can join us!
Viewer Baratunde Thurston was so moved he had to make the video below before even leaving the theater! He notes, "Ava Duvernay and her team have built bridges between... all people in a way that we desperately need right now to re-humanize ourselves and rediscover the connection that we all have!"
Check out his impromptu review: