International Lens Film Series

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13th

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sarratt Cinema
2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240

Presented by Frank Dobson, Associate Dean of Students, Director of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Faculty Head of Gillette House—Martha Rivers Ingram Commons

USA (2016) Dir: Ava DuVernay.

Centered on race in the United States criminal justice system, this thought-provoking documentary engages scholars, activists, and politicians to analyze both the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom. The film is titled for the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which outlawed slavery (except as punishment for a crime). DuVernay’s film argues that slavery is being effectively perpetuated through mass incarceration. English. TV-MA. 100 min. Streaming.

Presented in collaboration with the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center.