13th: Directed by Ava DuVernay. With Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales. An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Have you ever wondered how we decide what to add at the end of a number? The correct form is 13th. In English, the ordinal suffix for numbers ending in ‘3’ is typically ‘rd’, such as 3rd or 23rd. However, the exceptions are the numbers 11, 12, and 13, which use ‘th’, making them 11th, 12th, and 13th respectively.
With the adoption of the 13th Amendment, the United States found a final constitutional solution to the issue of slavery. The 13th Amendment, along with the 14th and 15th, is one of the trio of Civil War amendments that greatly expanded the civil rights of Americans.
Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary 13TH refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.”
“13th” begins with an alarming statistic: One out of four African-American males will serve prison time at one point or another in their lives. Our journey begins from there, with a slew of familiar and occasionally surprising talking heads filling the frame and providing information.
Ava DuVernay’s 13th is a masterclass in documentary filmmaking — urgent, unflinching, and devastatingly powerful. What makes 13th so impactful is its clarity — it connects dots the public has long been encouraged to overlook.
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