I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

I love this movie so much

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The voices and arguments here are not new. Read "The New Jim Crow." Read "Just Mercy." Read any critical analysis of modern American jurisprudence. But this film brilliantly assembles disparate voices (Newt Gingrich and Jelani Cobb? Together? Really?) to tell the story...to tell our story. DuVernay finds our nation's narrative arc. It may be disturbing, but it is also true. As the prison population ticks up, so does your understanding of who we have been and who we are becoming.

DuVernay's documentary does an extremely good job of drawing a line from slavery to Jim Crow to the mass incarceration of black men in America, tying incarceration to the rider in the 13th Amendment that allows the enslavement of those convicted of a crime. The War on Drugs started by the Nixon administration (DuVernay includes an incredible quote from John Erlichman admitting that the "War on Drugs" was a ploy to persecute anti-war protesters and African Americans) is shown to have been a tool to exploit the public's fear of black men and push agendas to get people elected and to allow corporations to profit from the prison system. A superb documentary that perhaps attempts to make few tenuous connections here or there, but is generally spot on ... and amazingly infuriating as a result.

I am white, but not from the U.S. and years goes by, my hate I would describe it, to those whites or other racists gets stronger and stronger. I feel like those people are the real vampires that kill or see black people as their dinner blood. Back in my country we have black people but, there is no such a thing as racist or seeing them different than ourselves. Nobody would understand if you say they are black, should be treated different, NOBODY! And then America talks about human rights in the other countries, if you really care first fix it in your country. I have friends here black, white, Latinos and more, and I see no color. THOSE racist people should be evils that live with us. "Hell is empty, all devils are here", William Shakespeare, must meant those white, cruel racists. I watch lots of movies, especially these kind, and every time I see movies like that I wish I were a superhero or someone who could do whatever he or she wishes, and feel what people are thinking and kill those racists. I am white, but not from the U.S. and I am 100 % with "BlackLivesMatter". I am white, and I care about black People!

This is an Oscar nominated documentary . Its title is taken from the 13th amendment to the United States constitution which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude and apparently the disparity in rich and poor is so great in America that slavery still exists. I came to this documentary thinking that the documentary had a point. After all in America you have "workfare" where to receive state benefit you have to clean up litter etc . America still incorporates chain gangs and thankfully in Britain European Union legislation protects us from this exploitation which is nothing more than modern day slavery so yeah I came in to it ready to cheer for a classless society for my American brothers and sisters , fellow members of the international proletariat. Long before 13th finished I was actually booing The documentary comes in thee distinct parts and the first third is the worst. It gives a potted history of slavery in America and towards the end of this segment takes in the war against crime. What's the connection between the two ? Apparently it's all down to keeping the black population in their place and is a big conspiracy to criminalise blacks in order to jail them so they'd be slaves again. To be fair 13th that Richard Nixon introduced "the war on drugs" and Republican President Ronald Reagen took an even harder line. Common sense should tell someone the problem is if you outlaw a product then anyone who uses it becomes by definition an outlaw. But not here where it's all an excuse for right wing racist politicians to wage war on black people. This is all taken as fact so it's no good bringing statistics in to anything apart from the burgeoning prison population so I won't bother mentioning things like if America legalised all drugs and the state manufactured everything from weed to crack cocaine for dimes that cure a terrible problem and prohibition is bad because 13th wants to play the race card instead of talking sense To be fair it doesn't suffer from party politics bias because the Democrats are every bit as bad as the Republicans. Yes indeed Bill Clinton was pro death penalty and anti-crime , so much so a little known British Labour MP called Tony Blair went over to America to see how the slick spin doctors of the Democrats operated and came back with the slogan "Tough on crime tough on the causes of crime". Such a pity Blair never thought about winning a major battle against crime by legalising drugs. Even if you think Clinton and Blair were being draconian being anti-crime is a vote winner because everyone in general and lower class people in particular are the ones who suffer so why not give the electorate what they want? That's because it's all a big conspiracy to jail black people just for being black. As it turns out Clinton in shown in a clip saying he thought that his anti-crime legislation was a mistake. Why is it a mistake now ? Probably because like this documentary Clinton tells people what they want to hear and truth doesn't come in to it The second segment revolves around the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) which is responsible for amongst other things state level legislation and private prisons. Among other things it involves the "stand your ground law" where a person can use deadly force to protect themselves. It uses a high profile case that made worldwide headlines. Again the race card is used in this case but the fact is every state in America has a similar law, not just the states who have the stand your ground law, but again there's the insinuation that it's all a big conspiracy to put all the black people in jail. The third segment then tries to back up these statistics by pointing out the large number of black men jailed. Might it not be social rather than ethnic demographics have something to do with this ? ie if you're poor and white then you're more chance of going to jail than someone middle class and white ? And if you're black and committed a crime against a person might the person be black themselves ? Don't let an agenda get in the way of facts If nothing else 13th does go to show that Americans regardless of their background all seem to suffer from an irony deficiency we see a bunch of academics and politicians saying how much African Americans are suffering from institutional racism much of which is a conspiracy by a racist white elite. If this is the case then how on earth were the black academics and politicians interviewed able to get where they are ? If there was a conspiracy then I doubt if Ava Duvarney would have been able to make this documentary and Barack Obama would have never been allowed to run for President never mind winning two Presidential elections. It could be that people are conditioned in to being victims they will never get anywhere and despite being well made 13th is another contribution to keep the downtrodden proletariat in their place