Origin

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive voice) Victoria Pedretti as Irma Eckler Blair Underwood as Amari Selvan Ingo Hülsmann as Eduard Kohlrausch Felix Goeser as Bernhard Lösener Gissette Valentin as Gina the Realtor Max Schimmelpfennig as Nazi Student Organizer Jon Bernthal as Brett Hamilton Nick Offerman as Dave the Plumber Connie Nielsen as Sabine Malachi Malik as James Hale Isha Blaaker as Allison Davis Vera Farmiga as Kate Medina Mieke Schymura as Nigella Dunkley Konstantin Lindhorst as Roland Freisler Sarah Navratil as German Lady in Powder Room #1 Jasmine Cephas Jones as Elizabeth Davis Audra McDonald as Miss Hale Holger Handtke as Fritz Grau Steven Allen as Red Haired Man Tatiana Harman as German Lady in Powder Room #2 Stephanie March as Binky Urban Matthew Zuk as Burleigh Gardner Wyatt Werneth as Sheriff Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Isabel Wilkerson Will Baker as Traveler / Restaurant Patron Niecy Nash-Betts as Marion Wilkerson David Bredin as Karl Klee Carmen Halphen as Airplane Passenger John Hans Tester as Ulrich Kostlin Leonardo Nam as Nathan Kostlin Finn Wittrock as August Landmesser Franz Hartwig as Erich Kästner Emily Yancy as Ruby Wilkerson Donna Mills as Mrs. Copeland Jakob von Eichel as Pastor Daniel Lommatzsch as Joseph Goebbels Luis Lüps as Achim Gercke Keller Fornes as Lifeguard Snehalata Siddharth Tagde as Dr. Jajula Valicharla Hannah Pniewski as Mary Gardner Jessica Fontaine as Essie Bryan McClure as Park Worker Barack Obama as Self (archive footage)

Tony Villaflor Sound Re-Recording Mixer Wyatt Winborne CG Supervisor Coya Elliott Sound Effects Editor Al Nelson Sound Designer Matthew J. Lloyd Director of Photography Willie D. Burton Sound Mixer Matt Osborne Additional Colorist Anne Wojcicki Executive Producer Andrea Gard Foley Artist Melinda Gates Executive Producer Steve Slanec Supervising Sound Editor Pete Horner Sound Re-Recording Mixer Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Executive Producer Ava DuVernay Writer, Producer, Director Paul Goodwin Garnes Producer Brian Chumney Supervising Sound Editor Kris Bowers Original Music Composer Isabel Wilkerson Book