If You Ever Responded to #BlackLivesMatter with “All Lives Matter,” You Need to See “13th”

Posted on October 12, 2016 at 3:33 pm

Ava Duvernay’s new documentary, a nominee for the inaugural Critics Choice documentary award, is “13th,” named for the amendment to the Constitution that abolished slavery — and, as this film shows, triggered racial injustice in other insidious, law-enabled ways. This is the movie that shows the strikingly different way that black Americans and white Americans interact with law enforcement and the prison system.

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Truth and Power: Documentary Series About Protest, Activism and Change on Pivot TV

Posted on January 23, 2016 at 10:31 am

New on Pivot TV: Truth and Power, a 10-part series of films about protest, activism, and change. Maggie Gyllenhaal narrates the series, which covers #blacklivesmatter, government spying on US citizens, privately-run prisons, animal rights, and more.

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