From Selma director Ava DuVernay, 13th addresses the second clause of the 13th amendment: “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.” A clause that was immediately exploited and for which the consequences and interpretations explain a significant part of the current American societal landscape. What also unfolds is a highly instructive and thought-provoking film that deals with the idea of progress, and justly pays tribute to the horrifying number of lives mass criminalization ruined.
"The film reveals crimes that have been fabricated in the service of oppression as well as another, real and ongoing crime-against humanity."
— Richard Brody
"The US has five per cent of the world's population and a staggering 25 percent of its prisoners. DuVernay's film lays bare both how this has come to be and why it must change."
— Joseph Pomp
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Oscars
1 nomination
BAFTA
1 win
Spirit Awards
1 nomination
An incredible eye opening, jaw dropping movie/documentary.
It completely uncovers one (JUST ONE) of the US’ extreme hidden secrets and malfunctions.
The US is completely screwed up right now and this movie pretty much covers the very first chapter of why it’s so screwed up at the moment.
Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the National Anthem in protest of Civil Rights for minorities and in particular black Americans. We get that. But President Trump has hijacked his protest and made it about the National Anthem and disrespecting the Flag and the Nation. (Note to Trump….IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THAT!) It’s about the first amendment of the constitution….Freedom of Speech (among other points)
This movie show exactly why Colin Kaepernick is protesting. And to be fair and honest, coming from a Caucasian….he is incredibly correct.
There will forever be division in race and that is horribly sad.
Watch the young girl at a Trump Rally towards the end of this movie. That is completely disturbing and appalling. Something is incredibly wrong with the US and it’s citizens (in general) and this movie places the blame squarely on the shoulders of where it belongs…on the Government.
TIP: Watch this movie with ANYONE and spread the word about this movie.
I would give it 6 stars, but that’s not an option.
WATCH THIS MOVIE!