The 13th (2016)
4.2 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
- The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States”. The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of mass criminalization and the sprawling American prison industry is laid out by DuVernay with bracing lucidity. With a potent mixture of archival footage and testimony from a dazzling array of activists, politicians, historians, and formerly incarcerated women and men, DuVernay creates a work of grand historical synthesis.
- Actors:
- Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales, Gina Clayton, Jelani Cobb, Malkia Cyril, Angela Davis, Craig Deroche, David Dinkins, Baz Dreisinger, Kevin Gannon, Henry Louis Gates, Marie Gottschalk, Newt Gingrich, Lisa Graves, Cory Greene, John Hagan, Michael Hough, Van Jones
- Directors:
- Ava DuVernay
- Writers:
- Spencer Averick, Ava DuVernay
- Others:
- Howard Barish
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Collections:
- Behind Bars: Visit These Essential Prison Films, Films & TV by topic, Top 10 Golden Bear Winners
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