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URL:https://meaningfulmovies.org/events/13th-the-intersection-of-race-just
 ice-and-mass-incarceration/
SUMMARY:13th - the intersection of race\, justice\, and mass incarceration
DESCRIPTION:The filmmaker Ava DuVernay's documentary "13th" explores the in
 tersection of race\, justice\, and mass incarceration in the United States
 . The Thirteenth Amendment\, which abolished slavery in 1865\, included an
  exception allowing slavery for individuals convicted of crimes. The film 
 highlights how this clause has been exploited to perpetuate a form of lega
 lized slavery within America’s prison system.\n\nThe film begins with th
 e idea that 25 percent of the people in the world who are incarcerated are
  incarcerated in the U.S. Although the U.S. has just 5% of the world's pop
 ulation. "13th" charts the explosive growth in America's prison population
 \; in 1970\, there were about 200\,000 prisoners\; today\, the prison popu
 lation is more than 2 million. The documentary touches on chattel slavery\
 ; D. W. Griffith's film "The Birth of a Nation"\; Emmett Till\; the civil 
 rights movement\; the Civil Rights Act of 1964\; Richard M. Nixon\; and Ro
 nald Reagan's declaration of the war on drugs and much more.\n\nWith this 
 film as context\, why do we see an increase of African American incarcerat
 ion rates increasing?\n\n 	Director\n\n\n 	Ava DuVernay\n\n\n 	Writers\n\n
 \n 	Spencer Averick\n 	Ava DuVernay\n\n\n 	Stars\n\n\n 	Melina Abdullah\n 
 	Michelle Alexander\n 	Cory Booker\n\n\n\nMovie review with Oprah: https:/
 /youtu.be/OFAyhgY92P4 \n\n-----------------------------\n\n6:45 - Doors o
 pen (no access to the building and parking lot prior to 6:30)\n7:15 - Movi
 e begins\n8:45 - Group discussion\n9:15 - Doors close\n\n 	Notes:\n\n 	we 
 have fragrance sensitive attendees\, so please be thoughtful and refrain f
 rom the use of any fragrance products.\n 	the building has an accessible e
 ntrance at parking level and includes a lift to the upper screening level.
 \n\n\n\n--------------------------\n\nCost: Free and we gratefully welcome
  your generous donations\, which play a vital role in covering the expense
 s\nof presenting the films we screen. Your support means the world to us!
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