13th

13th

13th

7.8/ 10

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2016

Release Year

100 min

Runtime

Documentary

Overview

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

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Keywords

prison

politics

slavery

race politics

murder

conspiracy

racism

race

illegal drugs

political correctness

woman director

usa history

political debate

political documentary

social & cultural documentary

african american history

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Cast

Jelani Cobb

Jelani Cobb

Self

Angela Davis

Angela Davis

Self

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self

Michelle Alexander

Michelle Alexander

Self

Cory Booker

Cory Booker

Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey

Marie Gottschalk

Marie Gottschalk

Self

Michael Hough

Self

Gina Clayton

Self

David Keene

Self

James Kilgore

Self

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

September 17, 2026

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6/10

With something like one quarter of the world's prison population being incarcerated in the USA, this documentary attempts to break down that fairly startling statistic and analyse just whether history and historical attitudes and prejudices have been instrumental in arriving at this situation. Cross…