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13th

2016

Ava DuVernay

Documentary

7.4

2,154

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

	Author	Review
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	Powerful, infuriating and at times overwhelming, Ava DuVernay’s documentary '13th' will get your blood boiling (...) It shakes you up, but it also challenges your ideas"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"While not the strongest filmmaking achievement of the year, it’s certainly the most relevant (...) '13th' is a true movie of the moment"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"More than just another documentary, it’s a crucial and stirring document (...) that, I think, will be watched and referenced for years to come"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Note to the Academy: The Oscar for this year's Best Documentary belongs to '13th' (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Composed yet intense, measured yet impassioned, analytical yet deeply emotional (...) will be a must-see for the socially engaged public"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"'13th' builds a compelling case for how after the Civil War racial division historically served the needs of political elites, and how coded language and policies (...) advanced those objectives."	POS
United States	Odie Henderson rogerebert.com	"[The director] takes an unflinching, well-informed and thoroughly researched look at the American system of incarceration, specifically how the prison industrial complex affects people of color (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Ava DuVernay’s lucid study of the links between slavery and the US penal system is packed with ideas and information (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"A vital state-of-the-union address, '13th' connects yesterday’s America to today's"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"You cannot find a more vital account, at home or in theaters, of where and why we've landed in this precise moment of American history (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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