13th is a gripping and informative documentary about the history of mass incarceration of black men in the United States. This expose on the industrialized prison system delves into the loophole of 13th Amendment which was written after the abolition of slavery, "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.”
Interviewing dozens of scholars and politicians, this doc is layered with excellent graphics and archival footage. A dizzying account peeling back the layers of history all too often rewritten, piercing through the smoke and mirrors of a century and a half of propaganda that has crippled our country. An informative must see.