13TH

Showings

Ped Mall -Scene 1 Tue, Jan 17, 2017 6:00 PM
Series Info
Series:Bijou Film Forum
Film Info
Rating:Not Rated
Runtime:100 mins
Director:Ava DuVernay
Year Released:2016

Description

Presented as part of Bijou Film Forum, a series of screenings and discussions of acclaimed and provocative films that seek to engage community members and U. of Iowa students across all disciplines and fields of study through the art of film. Free Admission, first come, first served-- doors open at 5:40.

DIALOGUE: Post-screening panel discussion to follow with Stacey Walker, Linn County Board of Supervisors; Rachel Williams, Associate Professor in Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Art & Art History & Deborah Whaley, Associate Professor of American Studies

13th

"Everything in '13th' illuminates what is convincingly presented as a sad and tragic story that we are still living today." -The Los Angeles Times

"When you watch "13TH," you feel that you're seeing an essential dimension of America with new vision. That's what a cathartically clear-eyed work of documentary art can do."-Variety


Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.