Summary

When Ava DuVernay approached Netflix about making a follow-up to “13th,” her acclaimed documentary about the legacy of the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery, she thought it was a fairly straightforward proposition. The 14th Amendment is best known for offering U.S. citizenship to everyone born in America, a right that is frequently attacked by the current administration. That seemed like enough material for another film , but the two-year process of making “14th” taught her that the amendment contains so much more.

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