Essays on 13th Documentary

Ayanna Pressley, a US Representative from Massachusetts once said, “We must acknowledge that issues like systemic racism, economic inequality, and the achievement gap are results of manmade policies.” In Ava Duvernay’s documentary, 13th, she explores the idea of the thirteenth amendment of the US Constitution...

Ava DuVernay’s documentary titled “13th”, refers to the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Section 1 of the amendment, which was passed by congress on January 31, 1865, and accepted by the states on December 6, 1865 states that, “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,...

The movie 13th is based on the Thirteenth Amendment and written by Ava Duvernay, the movie discusses the crossroads of justice, mass incarceration and race in the United States. In 1865 the Thirteenth Amendment was passed, and slavery was put to an end, but in...

Film has been a powerful tool since it was created, changing the way humans experience and think about life. Also, films such as documentary films call attention to many social issues and problems. Documentaries bring about social change when they captivate the audience’s attention. Documentaries...

Keywords: African American,American Civil War,Black people,White American,Slavery,United States,Racism,Race,Criminal justice,Punishment,Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 13th, a film written by Ava DuVernay, based on the thirteenth amendment explores the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the US. The thirteenth amendment was made to...

The 13th amendment was passed through the Senate on April 8, 1864 and the House on January 31, 1865 passed at the end of the Civil War and it formally abolished slavery in the United States. It also mentions that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...

I found the 13th documentary by Ava DuVernay extremely compelling but also a bit hard to watch. It was strange because I knew the feeling I had wasn’t empathy, as I had never experienced a fraction of the discrimination expended on some of the people...

Social inequality on the basis of race and ethnicity continues to afflict America. Slavery has evolved into the mass incarceration of marginalized groups and the exploitation of them for free prison labor. The prison industrial complex aims to make profit off the backs of black...

The documentary titled “13th Documentary“ was actually written by a guy known as Ava DuVernay. Describing it, this documentary was very incredible as it went into a deep depth on the United States of America’s current prison system. Also, the 13th documentary seems to highlight...

Decades after the ratification the 13th Amendment, slavery still exists in the United States in various ways. Currently, mass incarceration is the greatest form of slavery in America as it was depicted in Ava Duvernay’s documentary titled “13th”. The criminal justice system in the United...