The picture will also soon be easily accessible around the globe since13thpremieres on Netflix on Friday, Oct. 7.

However, this is both a blessing and a curse.

Criminal and crime became as coded for politicians then as thug is readily used today.

He ably states that ALEC no longer supports mandatory sentencing laws and is actually working to decrease mass incarceration.

It gives us context to this moment were in, looking through the lens of race and culture.

And indeed, much of13thsucceeds so powerfully because it adds a startling context to these issues.

However,13thsucceeds by tracing its historic lines in sharp, crimson red pen marks.

And it should be there for Oscar season too.

Rating:

5 out of 5