An Essay On The Movie 13th

The film 13th explores race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States. The film mainly focuses on the history of how racial inequality came to be in the United States. Also the film mentions that in the United States’ prisons there are inordinate amount of African-Americans. Additionally a variety of different political activists and public figures from different backgrounds gave their view from Angela Davis, Bryan Stevenson, Van Jones, Newt Gingrich, Cory Booker, and many others. In my opinion, I though the film was powerful and overwhelming at times. As, the public figures and political activists gave a lot of information. Analyzing the film, you see how America’s complex prison system affects people of color. It is shocking. Because despite living in a country that gives liberty to all
is they both give powerful information of the racial inequality that occurs in the prisons. The film and novel advocates for change. While there are people simply sitting in prison who are too poor and facing the struggles. There are people who are wealthy and treated differently. This inequality needs to stop. The novel and the film relate as change must happen. We must advocate for change and hope for it, as our prison system consists of dehumanization. People are treated differently. Prisons keep people like animals and society does not understand this. Prisons do really little to rehabilitate prisoners ,so they can transition back into society. This needs to change, as it is important people are given the opportunity to transition well into society. And not end up in prison. Looking back Angela Davis' book and the documentary 13th, they both advocate for hope to change the mass incarceration system. If there is a change in within the mass incarceration system, optimistically trust will be restored between law enforcement and society. Inequality still exists and that needs to change. Let’s start with