A 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. It is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she writes the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
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00:00 -Mom made me promise I'd come by today.
00:02 It's my birthday.
00:03 -Wait. Today is your birthday?
00:06 -Yeah. [ Chuckles ]
00:08 -Happy birthday.
00:09 -Oh. -Um...
00:10 -It's Brett. [ Chuckles ]
00:12 -I'm Isabel. -Yeah, I know.
00:14 ♪♪♪♪
00:19 -Most relationships end.
00:22 ♪♪♪♪
00:24 Friendships, romances...
00:27 ♪♪♪♪
00:30 They break.
00:32 ♪♪♪♪
00:37 -You okay?
00:39 ♪♪♪♪
00:41 -If you look closely,
00:43 you'll find something tragic is happening.
00:47 ♪♪♪♪
00:49 -Are you interested in writing something for us?
00:51 -I don't do assignments anymore.
00:53 -Yeah, well, you're a better writer
00:55 than most people do anything.
00:56 -Have you ordered the tapes? -No.
00:58 Of what?
01:00 -Saturday, police department. Bus is shot.
01:02 -Hey, we've had some break-ins in my neighborhood,
01:05 and there's a real suspicious guy.
01:07 Looks like he's up to no good or something.
01:10 ♪♪♪♪
01:14 -I want to be in the story.
01:18 ♪♪♪♪
01:19 Really inside the story.
01:23 [ Tires screech ]
01:24 -And build a thesis that shows how all of this is linked.
01:29 ♪♪♪♪
01:30 -I got to be honest with you.
01:31 I don't understand. I don't see it.
01:34 ♪♪♪♪
01:35 -You go and write your story.
01:37 Folks need to know about this.
01:39 ♪♪♪♪
01:40 -You're trying to make sense of racism,
01:43 but your thesis is flawed.
01:45 ♪♪♪♪
01:46 -It was all lies. They knew we weren't inferior.
01:49 [ Tires screech ]
01:51 ♪♪♪♪
01:52 -You don't escape trauma by ignoring it.
01:56 ♪♪♪♪
01:58 You escape trauma by confronting it.
02:02 ♪♪♪♪
02:04 -I don't write questions.
02:06 ♪♪♪♪
02:09 I write answers.
02:11 ♪♪♪♪
02:16 ♪♪♪♪
02:22 you