Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on Why She Had to Be Uncomfortable for Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on Why She Had to Be Uncomfortable for Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’

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When King Richard Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor first learned that director Ava DuVernay was working on a film inspired by Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents — which would feature the award-winning journalist front and center as the protagonist — the actress sprang…

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