Posts tagged USA
Origin: depicting Isabel Wilkerson’s extraordinary book on caste

Origin, tells the story of Isabel Wilkerson as she embarks on writing and publishing her book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents was published. Starring Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and directed by Ava DuVernay (When They See Us, 13th). From Nazi Germany to caste discrimination in India, this film explores how people can be capable of such hate.

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“Were we this sick?” In conversation with Rupa Marya, author of Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Justice

Rupa Marya is a doctor and the co-author of Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice. In this interview, Rupa speaks about the core theme in the book: the relationships between our health and the injustices of our political and economic systems, and shares the ways in which she’s dismantling systems of oppression through mutual aid.

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