13th (2016)

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality. (imdb)
Genre: Documentary
AKA: The 13th
Country: USA
Directed By: Ava DuVernay
Written By: Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick
Starring: Angela Davis, Henry Louis Gates, Cory Booker, Michael Hough, Van Jones, Michelle Alexander, Jelani Cobb, Marie Gottschalk, John Hagan, David Keene, James Kilgore, Bryan Stevenson

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Mar 21 | Ippei | 65 44% |
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Incredibly frustrating and very timely. It didn't feel like it was made almost 5 years ago. Though the documentary itself felt a little too much like a special rather than a typical documentary, the subject matter is super important and as relevant as ever.
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wasnotwhynot | 70 50% |
feels awkward to rate this on a cinematography level which is basically what i'm doing. the editing, pacing, and framing is very even, like a newscast. so there's a lot of potential left on the table. it basically makes a market based, liberal argument for abolition, which I understand will be very illuminating for tons of people. but leaves deeper problems untouched...
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PietHeijn | 69 78% |
A powerful examination of mass incarceration as the new slavery, a bit one-sided at times, but very much worth seeing.
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buttercup | 8 80% |
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jacobclark12 | 90 86% |
I feel like the most shocking part of 13th is how unsurprising all its information feels, even when I haven't heard it before. Perhaps that is its main point--that if you can't see its way as a real possibility in the United States then you are blinded by race and politics. Ava DuVernay makes sure that her message gets heard in a slickly edited package that brings in a host of different public figures, from antiracist activists to politicians from both major American parties.
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Jun 01, 2020 | ffosb22 | 80 58% |
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donkeyjelly | 77 65% |
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CosmicMonkey | 80 66% |
Maybe watching this in the midst of a pandemic that is very disproportionately killing African-Americans (many of whom are incarcerared) wasn't the best decision for my mental health. Not the best doc I've seen on the topic but still depressing, infuriating and absolutely essential.
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begoniabol | 85 87% |
Infuriating and very informative. Makes me understand racism and the anger of African Americans much more now. Will it ever change? I certainly hope so, but with racist people in power, it'll be extremely difficult.
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Feb 23, 2019 | jentze | 70 30% |
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I am not sure what this fast-forward overall image of the historically deep rooted racialized dynamics of the US prison system actually succeeds to "reveal" - even for a non-American such as myself this seemed like a familiar story. The documentary did raise a lot of frustrating questions, though, "whys" and "hows"... difficult and contradictory questions that to me seem difficult to answer.
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A very important and impactful documentary showing how slavery and racism never left America and is still rampant to this day.
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Pretty good documentary on an extremely important topic. It does not even need to be inventive so much the problem is glaring. I have two criticisms though: there's no comparison with other countries with massive black communities (say UK, France or Canada) and, although the roles of large companies is mentioned, the word 'capitalism' is never once uttered and there is no critique of it. Too bad as I believe that today racism and capitalism are inherently linked, each one furthering the other.
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Sep 15, 2018 | sammosummo | 70 54% |
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I've never been able to get my head around the US' backward race and crime issues. This totally explains it. If it wasn't for the constant drone of wallpaper music distracting me from the information and the repetitive summaries near the end, I would have rated this a little higher.
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An important documentary outlining the factors leading to America's current incarceration crisis.
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Manages to be compelling and hold your interest despite the fact most of the documentary is basically people talking over statistics shown in a fancy way on screen.
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Heart-breaking and infuriating.
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