2016 · documentary
13th
Directed by Ava DuVernay1h 40m2016
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Our read: 13th (2016) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- twisty
- epic-stakes
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“You want a razor-sharp documentary connecting prisons, race, and American history.”
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