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Oct 7, 2016 · 13th: Directed by Ava DuVernay. With Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales. An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
- (38K)
- Documentary, Crime, History
- Ava DuVernay
- 2016-10-07
Apr 17, 2020 · Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay's examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country...
- 100 min
- 14.8M
- Netflix
v. t. e. 13th is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Ava DuVernay. It explores the prison-industrial complex, and the "intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States". [3] The title refers to the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865, which abolished slavery throughout the ...
Sep 30, 2016 · The film builds its case piece by shattering piece, inspiring levels of shock and outrage that stun the viewer, leaving one shaken and disturbed before closing out on a visual note of hope designed to keep us on the hook as advocates for change. Advertisement. “13th” begins with an alarming statistic: One out of four African-American males ...
13TH. 97% Tomatometer 109 Reviews 90% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's ...
- (109)
- Netflix
- Ava Duvernay
- Documentary
Sep 30, 2016 · The movie hinges on the 13th Amendment, as the title indicates, in ways that may be surprising, though less so for those familiar with Michelle Alexander’s 2010 best seller, “The New Jim Crow ...
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The film begins with the idea that 25 percent of the people in the world who are incarcerated are incarcerated in the U.S. Although the U.S. has just 5% of the world's population. "13th" charts the explosive growth in America's prison population; in 1970, there were about 200,000 prisoners; today, the prison population is more than 2 million.
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