Movie
13th
Overview
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Details
- Release date
- 2016-10-07
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Kandoo Films, MakeMake
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jelani Cobb as Self
- Angela Davis as Self
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as Self
- Michelle Alexander as Self
- Cory Booker as Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey
- Marie Gottschalk as Self
- Michael Hough as Self
- Gina Clayton as Self
- David Keene as Self
- James Kilgore as Self
- Bryan Stevenson as Self
- Nicholas Turner as Self
Crew
- Ava DuVernay - Director
- Spencer Averick - Writer
- Ava DuVernay - Writer
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