These Are the Best Documentaries That You Can Watch Right Now

13th

Directed by Ava Duverney, this harrowing look into the mass incarceration of minorities in America following the 13th amendment. Decade by decade the series maps out how prison has unfairly worked in favor of white privilege and how black people were targeted by the government and systemic oppression. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.