Ava DuVernay's '14th' Documentary to Premiere at New York Film Festival
Ava DuVernay's documentary '14th' has been selected to have its world premiere as the closing night film of the New York Film Festival. The film will debut at the prestigious festival, marking a significant event for the acclaimed director.
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Ava DuVernay’s ’14th’ Documentary to World Premiere at New York Film Festival
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. […]
By Rebecca Rubin
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The Netflix film, a follow-up to '13th,' which opened the 2016 festival, explores how the Constitutional Amendment's provisions for birthright citizenship, due process and equal protection under the law and outlawing insurrection by elected officials have become the subject of a permanent argument.
By Hilary Lewis
Read full article →NYFF Sets World Premiere Of Ava DuVernay Documentary ‘14th’ As Closing Night Film
Ava DuVernay’s documentary 14th will close out the the 64th New York Film Festival in its world premiere Oct. 9, ten years after her film 13th opened the fest. DuVernay’s previous doc argued that loopholes in the U.S. Constitution’s 13th Amendment — the abolition of slavery — led to today’s mass incarceration of Black Americans. […]
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