13th
Original title: 13th (2016)
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UK release: 7 October 2016
IMDb rating: 6,6 /10 |
Official summary
The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary 13TH 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.
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Director:
Ava DuVernay
Writers:
Ava DuVernay,
Spencer Averick
Producer:
Kandoo Films
Country: United States
Distributor: PreviewNetworks
Trailer added the: 13 October 2016
Runtime:
1h40 (100 minutes)
Genre: Documentary Keywords: