We see Hillary Clinton talking about “super-predators” and Donald Trump’s full-page ad advocating the death penalty for the Central Park Five (who, as a reminder, were all innocent).

The documentary starts off with some striking statistics – the United States makes up 5% of the world’s population, but has 25% of the world’s prisoners. Empower and engage communities to solve North Carolina’s criminal justice problems. The list feels endless and includes lynching, Jim Crow, Nixon’s presidential campaign, Reagan’s War on Drugs, Bill Clinton’s Three Strikes and mandatory sentencing laws and the current cash-for-prisoners model that generates millions for private bail and incarceration firms.

Here are ten things I learned from DuVernay’s film: This film made me feel like we have regressed as a society: why are we accepting a modern form of slavery? (archive footage) (uncredited), key grip: San Francisco/Oakland (as Carlos Lopez), first assistant camera: San Francisco/Oakland. Official Sites Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Self - Interviewee It reminds us, as she said in her Q&A with NYFF director, Highlights from Ebert Symposium on Future of Movie Industry, Ebert Symposium 2020: Part 2 Streaming Today, October 22nd, 2020, Everlasting Arms: The Sustained Power of The Night of the Hunter. ALEC Exposed is a project of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD).

Several times throughout “13th” there is a shock cut to the word CRIMINAL, which stands alone against a black background and is centered on the huge movie screen. He was born on May 18th, 1999 in Boston, MA to Phillip Jake and Michelle Mackie Bronchuk of Merrimack. | As a result, 97% of people do not go to trial and instead take a plea bargain. Read his answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here. In 1970, the prison population was 357,292. (as Jelani Cobb), Self - Interviewee Several times throughout “13th” there is a shock cut to the word CRIMINAL, which stands alone against a black background and is centered on the huge movie screen. The stronger the protest for rights, the harder the system fights back against it with means of incarceration. This dehumanization allowed for the acceptance of laws and ideas that had more than a hint of bias. Odie "Odienator" Henderson has spent over 33 years working in Information Technology.

The Nixon and Reagan administrations are responsible for the cycle of criminalizing African-Americans suffering from drug addictions, rather than increasing resources for treatment or rehabilitation. Alec Jacob Bronchuk, 20, of Merrimack, NH passed away on Thursday June 13th, 2019 in a tragic accident while kayaking on the Merrimack River. Director Ava DuVernay’s 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. (archive footage), Self - Co-Founder, ALEC, 1980 Following the civil war and the turn of the twentieth century, the film, ‘Birth of a Nation’ portrayed the African-American male as violent, animal-like, and evil. That last item is a major point of discussion in “13th”, with an onscreen graphic keeping tally of the number of prisoners in the system as the years pass. (919) 682-1149. Between the lines, “13th” boldly asks the question if African-Americans were actually ever truly “free” in this country. Can the Taxpayers of Raleigh (or Any Municipality) Afford NOT to Have a Police Oversight Board? The final takeaway of “13th” is that change must come not from politicians, but from the hearts and minds of the American people. To break it down even further, African-American men have a significantly higher percentage of lifetime likelihood of imprisonment – one in 17 white males will do prison time, compared to only one in three African-American males. In the land of the free, it’s ironic that we have the highest incarceration rates in the world. The film is widely known for being a catalyst to the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan.

(as Charles B. Rangel), Self - Interviewee Directed by Ava DuVernay. When the 13th amendment was ratified in 1865, its drafters left themselves a large, very exploitable loophole in the guise of an easily missed clause in its definition.

Each interviewee is shot in a location that evokes an industrial setting, which visually supports the theme of prison as a factory churning out the free labor that the 13th Amendment supposedly dismantled when it abolished slavery. That clause, which converts slavery from a legal business model to an equally legal method of punishment for criminals, is the subject of the Netflix documentary “13th.” Premiering tonight at the New York Film Festival, “13th” is the first documentary to open the festival in its 54 year history.

This private club is made up of people who are both politicians and members of corporations. The duly convicted part may have been questionable, but by no means did it need to be justifiably proven.

ALEC-Laffer State Economic Performance Rankings, 2008-2018 www.alec.org 85. istorical aning Comparison ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RANKCumulative Growth 2008-2018 State Gross Domestic Product 201 201 201 201 2017 201 201 Absolute Domestic Migration (in … He was a graduate of Merrimack High “13th” covers a lot of ground as it works its way to the current days of Black Lives Matter and the terrifying videos of the endless list of African-Americans being shot by police or folks who supposedly “stood their ground.” On her journey to this point, DuVernay doesn’t let either political party off the hook, nor does she ignore the fact that many people of color bought into the “law and order” philosophies that led to the current situation. Clinton now realizes that this bill led to hyper-incarceration and was a mistake. A meteoric rise began during the Civil Rights movement and continued into the current day. So begins a cycle that DuVernay examines in each of its evolving iterations; when one method of subservience-based terror falls out of favor, another takes its place. We’re told that, after the Civil War, the economy of the former Confederate States of America was decimated. "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, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." “Except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted” reads the loophole in the law. By the time we get to the montage of the deaths of Philando Castile, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner and others (not to mention the huge, screen-covering graphic of names of African-Americans shot by law enforcement), “13th” has already proven its thesis on how such events can not only occur, but can also seem sadly like “business as usual.” It’s a devastating finale to the film, one that follows an onscreen discussion about whether or not the destruction of Black bodies should be run ad nauseum on cable news programs. An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality. Starting with D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation”, DuVernay traces the myth of the scary Black felon with supernatural levels of strength and deviant sexual potency, a myth designed to terrify the majority into believing that only White people were truly human and deserving of proper treatment. “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. This kept CCA prisons overflowing with immigrant detainees. One of the things that the documentary explains is ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council.