13th
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay sets out to expose how a constitutional loophole fuels America’s prison‑industrial complex, igniting a battle to reveal the hidden legacy of racial oppression.
“From slave to criminal with one amendment.”
Synopsis
A detailed examination of the prison system in the United States and its reflection of the country's history of racial inequality.
Credits
- Melina Abdullahas Self - Chair, Pan-African Studies, California State University, Los Angeles
- Jelani Cobbas Self
- Michelle Alexanderas Self - Educator and Author, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- Angela Davisas Self
- Cory Bookeras Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey
- Henry Louis Gates Jras Self
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Spencer AverickShot by Hans CharlesScored by Jason Moran
Also known as
- Der 13.de
- Enmienda XIIIes
- Le 13efr
- XIII emendamentoit
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Cast & Crew
42 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Melina Abdullah
as Self - Chair, Pan-African Studies, California State University, Los Angeles
Jelani Cobb
as Self
Michelle Alexander
as Self - Educator and Author, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Angela Davis
as Self
Cory Booker
as Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey
Henry Louis Gates Jr
as Self
Dolores Canales
as Co-Founder of California Families to Abolish Solitary Confinement
Gina Clayton
as Self - Attorney and Founder, Essie Justice Group
Marie Gottschalk
as Self
Michael Hough
as Self
Malkia Cyril
as Self - Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice
David Keene
as Self
Supporting cast
24James Kilgore
as Self
Craig Deroche
as President, Justice Fellowship
Bryan Stevenson
as Self
David Dinkins
as Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)
Nicholas Turner
as Self
John Hagan
as Self
Van Jones
as Self
Barack Obama
as Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
as Self (archive footage)
George W Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump
as Self (archive footage)
George H W Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr
as Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
as Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Gerald Ford
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Dukakis
as Self (archive footage)
Bernie Sanders
as Self (archive footage)
Assata Shakur
as Self (archive footage)
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3Other crew
4Awards & Nominations
3 nominationsAcademy Award
- Nom2017Best Documentary Feature Film — Howard Barish
- Nom2017Best Documentary Feature Film — Spencer Averick
- Nom2017Best Documentary Feature Film — Ava DuVernay
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