

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.
Direction
DuVernay braids three timelines with audacious formal ambition.
Acting
Ellis-Taylor carries impossible grief with devastating restraint.
Writing
Adapts Wilkerson's thesis into intimate, searching drama.

Director
Ava DuVernay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
DuVernay personally financed when studios passed, calling it her 'most personal' film.
Wilkerson's 'Caste' became Oprah's 2020 book club pick; this adaptation was already in motion.