Synopsis
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
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Cast
- Jelani CobbSelf
- Angela DavisSelf
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self
- Michelle AlexanderSelf
- Cory BookerSelf - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey
- Marie GottschalkSelf
- Michael HoughSelf
- Gina ClaytonSelf
- David KeeneSelf
- James KilgoreSelf
Recommendations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
13th is a titanic statement by a major American voice. Viewing — right now — should be mandatory. - 91
The Playlist
The overwhelming force of The 13th is such that as the movie moves into its third act it becomes more and more heartbreaking in all its countless examples of injustice and abuse. - 90
TheWrap
It’s a film that hits hard, but it also nails its targets with precision. - 90
The New York Times
Powerful, infuriating and at times overwhelming, Ava DuVernay’s documentary 13TH will get your blood boiling and tear ducts leaking. - 88
Slant Magazine
As with Selma, filmmaker Ava DuVernay has fashioned a work of pummeling and clear-eyed intelligence. - 80
The Guardian
A few small hiccups aside, 13th is very much not a Michael Moore film. It is organised, detailed and powerful. - 80
Time Out
What comes across loud and clear is that 13TH is a serious, timely, important work with highways and byways of thought that are worth traveling for anyone who cares to understand why, as DuVernay argues, slavery didn’t end with slavery. - 70
Variety
More than just another documentary, it’s a crucial and stirring document — of racism and injustice, of politics and the big-picture design of America — that, I believe, will be watched and referenced for years to come.
