Origin returns to Martin at the end in a juxtaposition suggested by one of DuVernay's close friends, Guillermo del Toro. “He was one of our biggest champions, and he came in and edited with us for a couple of days,” says Averick. “It was his idea to flash to Trayvon Martin within the concentration camp scene. He was like, ‘There's some kind of connection.' ”
When they put the clips up against each other, the impact was stunning. In the Holocaust sequence, a Jewish woman desperately tries to run after her son as they are ripped away from each other. Nazi officials wrestle her to the ground and put a gun to her head, echoed decades later by Zimmerman wrestling Martin to the ground. Even the composition of the footage was coincidentally similar.
Despite its indie budget, Origin also features a roster of stars, many who came in for just a scene or two. “You come in, you'll get fit on one day, we'll rehearse the next day and then we're shooting and then we've got to send you back because we can't pay for the hotel,” DuVernay says of convincing Audra McDonald, Nick Offerman, Blair Underwood and Vera Farmiga to say yes to small but impactful roles.
People strip others of their humanity to justify their treatment — enslavement of Africans in the New World, execution of Jews during the Holocaust or the continued abuse of and discrimination against Dalits in India. Origin depicts each of these atrocities with a deliberate gaze
!Bharatiya stop doing another holocaust
All this effort to create a fantastic film has been duly reflected in the floods of awards and box office revenue that have been coming in
it was snubbed by the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, DGA, SAG and Critics Choice Awards
During award show season, DuVernay has been vocal about "Origin" being passed over for major nominations. On Dec. 11, the day Golden Globe nominations were announced, Ellis-Taylor went to a local theater and passed out the movie's flyers “to remind herself what matters,” DuVernay said on Instagram the following month.
“I wish she didn't have to do this to remind herself. I wish she was at the Globes or SAG Awards or Critics Choice or the other nominations that didn't come,” wrote DuVernay on Instagram Jan. 3.
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