“Everywhere, all over the place, there’s connective tissue. All of this, all of it, is linked.”

NEON released a brief teaser trailer for Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ ahead of its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. The film is inspired by the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson as she pens her seminal book, ‘Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents.’ Check it out!

What do you all think of the trailer?

Official synopsis:

“While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery. Despite the colossal scope of her project, she finds beauty and bravery while crafting one of the defining American books of our time.”

The film stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Nick Offerman, Blair Underwood, Finn Wittrock, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, and Connie Nielsen.

In theaters later this year.