Review of 13th (2016) by Nick D — 21 Dec 2016

DuVernay studies the consequences of a simple clause added to the 13th Amendment -- the circumstances underwhich slavery and involuntary servitude are permitted after the general 'freedom' of the slaves -- that exception is incarceration.

Decade by decade, through one legal maneuver or another, the underclass of black and brown people in America have been turned into criminals and jailed. Once jailed, they've been removed from the electorate.

All of this and more we learn, not through generalizations, but through specific actions taken (and about to be taken) that have in common the conviction by the white overclass that black people must be held down.

It's a devastating document, artfully presented. I finished viewing with newfound rage.