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
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Isabel Wilkerson
Niecy Nash-Betts
Marion Wilkerson
Jon Bernthal
Brett Hamilton
Emily Yancy
Ruby Wilkerson
Finn Wittrock
August Landmesser
Victoria Pedretti
Irma Eckler
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Elizabeth Davis
Isha Blaaker
Allison Davis
Vera Farmiga
Kate Medina
Audra McDonald
Miss Hale
Connie Nielsen
Sabine
Blair Underwood
Amari Selvan
Nick Offerman
Dave the Plumber
Stephanie March
Binky Urban
Myles Frost
Trayvon Martin
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.
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