The documentary film 13th will be shown at Winona State University on Monday, February 13th, 2017 at 7pm in the Science Laboratory Center room 120. A panel discussion will follow.
According to the press release:
13th is a 2016 American documentary by director Ava DuVernay. Centered on race in the United States criminal justice system, the film is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which outlawed slavery (unless as punishment for a crime). DuVernay’s documentary argues that slavery is being effectively perpetuated through mass incarceration. In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom and provides an in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequalities.
13th was recently named one of the ten best films of 2016 by Sounds of Cinema.
This event is sponsored by the Winona State University Inclusion and Diversity office, the K.E.A.P. Diversity Resource Center, and Minnesota State College – Southeast Technical.