Ava DuVernay Beams as ‘Origin’ Gets Near 6-Minute Standing Ovation at Venice

Ava DuVernay’s latest film, “Origin,” received a warm welcome at Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night, where it premiered to a five-minute and 46-second standing ovation. The drama, which is an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Caste: The Origin of Our Discontent,”…

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