Toronto Awards Analysis: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ Could Return Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor to Contention

Toronto Awards Analysis: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ Could Return Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor to Contention

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Ava DuVernay’s latest film, Origin, followed its Sept. 6 world premiere at the Venice Film Festival — where DuVernay became the first African American filmmaker to have a film play in competition, and where Neon acquired its U.S. distribution rights — with its North American premiere at the…

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