13th (2016)
Genre: Documentary / Crime
Duration: 100 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Ava DuVernay
Starst: Jelani Cobb, Angela Davis and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
IMDb score:
8,2 (39.204)
Releasedate: 7 October 2016
13th plot
"From slave to criminal with one amendment."
Director Ava DuVernay shows the viewer the history of racism in the United States and the massive criminalization of African Americans. From DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) and the resurrection of the Ku Klux Klan to the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Lives Matter movement, DuVernay observes a pattern of fear and division. The director interviews activists, politicians and historians and combines this with archive footage. The title refers to the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This amendment prohibits slavery and involuntary labor by law.
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Reviews & comments
Panoramix
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- 290 messages
- 344 votes
Strong documentary. Striking how much I already knew just by listening to hip-hop 
. What was new to me is the incredibly large scale on which everything takes place. And it's amazing how clearly the different systems are put one after the other, so that a pattern becomes visible. Recently also seen the films Lincoln and Selma, which are also put into perspective better thanks to this documentary. Definitely recommended. I hope this work will bring real change.
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Film Pegasus (moderator films)
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- 31191 messages
- 5473 votes
A documentary that scores slightly better for me because of the content. As a documentary, it is quintessentially American, yet well made. In just over an hour and a half, we get a comprehensive picture of racism in America, clearly linked to slavery, segregation, war on drugs, prison policies and activism. It seems to me to be objective with clear images and facts, perhaps a rebuttal could have been an added value. But the documentary is primarily a statement of facts and an indictment of racism in America. Hopefully this can lead to a discussion. Though I don't think it will be immediately.
Seen from Europe, racism - which is unfortunately also ingrained in our society - is of a different caliber. No slaves, but colonies for example and a different prison policy. But elements such as the war on drugs (rich cocaine users are also left alone here, while tougher action is taken against soft drug users) can also be applied here.
Not a bad documentary, especially good because of the subject and the clear overview. Well made and absolutely interesting.
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mjk87 (moderator films)
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- 14596 messages
- 4552 votes
Two separate stories, about the position of black people in the US and the judicial system that disadvantages poor people who each tell three quarters of a story but are forged together into a whole that is not entirely convincing. Poor people are often black, and vice versa, and therefore more often than not overly victimized. But is that because of the skin color? That is suggested in this documentary, but there is no real evidence for it, and that does not make the whole thing any stronger. Then the second part gets bogged down in too many side jumps and the docu really loses focus, making things less and less interesting.
Furthermore, it was easily put together, with an assembly that keeps pace. I'm not really a fan of all kinds of interviews in these kind of docs, and there are quite a few of them, but luckily you often hear people talking with supporting images or with different shots so that it is not so static. But saving the documentary doesn't do that either. 2.0*.
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