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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 United ...
- $566 (UK only)
- Jason Moran
- $1 million
- Howard Barish, Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick
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.
- (37K)
- Ava DuVernay
- TV-MA
- Documentary, Crime, History
Sep 30, 2016 · Premiering tonight at the New York Film Festival, “13th” is the first documentary to open the festival in its 54 year history. Director Ava DuVernay ’s takes an unflinching, well-informed and thoroughly researched look at the American system of incarceration, specifically how the prison industrial complex affects people of color.
13th strikes at the heart of America's tangled racial history, offering observations as incendiary as they are calmly controlled. Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality...
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- Netflix
- Ava Duvernay
- Documentary
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Summaries. An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality. The film begins with the idea that 25 percent of the people in the world who are incarcerated are incarcerated in the U.S.