Ava DuVernay’s widely researched and potent film draws a connection between the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery and the subsequent methods used by the power structure to criminalize African Americans. With an astonishing depth of interviews—from Angela Davis to Newt Gingrich—and compelling archival footage, DuVernay creates a morally compelling and powerfully emotional indictment of false mythologies of Black lawlessness in America.
Ava DuVernay’s widely researched and potent film draws a connection between the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery and the subsequent methods used by the power structure to criminalize African Americans. With an astonishing depth of interviews—from Angela Davis to Newt Gingrich—and compelling archival footage, DuVernay creates a morally compelling and powerfully emotional indictment of false mythologies of Black lawlessness in America.
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