Ava DuVernay’s ’14th’ Documentary to World Premiere at New York Film Festival

By Rebecca Rubin

Rebecca Rubin

Senior Film and Media Reporter

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Ava DuVernay‘s documentary “14th” will host its world premiere at the New York Film Festival. It will be the festival’s closing night film on Oct. 9 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

The timing is poetic because “14th” is the follow-up to DuVernay’s seminal documentary “13th,” which opened the New York Film Festival in 2016. “13th” examined the U.S. Constitution’s 13th Amendment, the abolition of slavery, and argued that loopholes led to today’s mass incarceration of Black Americans. That film was released on the eve of Donald Trump’s first presidency. A sequel, of sorts, “14th” asserts the tenets of the 14th Amendment, which establishes birthright citizenship, due process and equal protection under the law, are now under systematic attack. 

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