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13th
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13th

2016 · 100 min Documentary
7.9 / 10 · TMDB

"Locked away for a crime you didn't commit. This is the reality for thousands, as Ava DuVernay's powerful 2016 documentary meticulously traces a direct line from the abolition of slavery to the modern American prison-industrial complex. Through searing interviews and historical analysis, the film exposes how the 13th Amendment's loophole created a system of mass incarceration that disproportionately targets Black Americans. A crucial, urgent documentary that reframes the nation's history and its present crisis, demanding viewers confront the architecture of racial control."

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Ava DuVernay constructs her argument with a cold, methodical precision, using archival footage and interviews as courtroom evidence. The film does not shout but presents facts, building a sense of an inexorable, systemic machine.

This documentary experience is for those ready for a difficult conversation. The viewer emerges not so much shocked as equipped with an understanding of structures that often remain invisible. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Ava DuVernay

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Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb

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Angela Davis

Angela Davis

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self

Michelle Alexander

Michelle Alexander

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Cory Booker

Cory Booker

Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey

Marie Gottschalk

Marie Gottschalk

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Michael Hough

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Gina Clayton

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David Keene

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James Kilgore

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