Ava DuVernay and Other Directors Rethink Holocaust Films

British comedian occurs within the content of the 2005 episode, and it has taking on a prevailing opinion. Different films like “Occupied City” by Steve McQueen are challenging the typical Holocaust movie, by linking horrors of the past to the present. Award-winning director Ava DuVernay also challenges Holocaust dramas in “Origin,” a film based on Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” book. The inclusion of Holocaust scenes may be seen as academically different but all have a powerful remove, linking the Holocaust to suffering that is still alive today.