Netflix has announced 14th, a new documentary from Ava DuVernay examining the 14th Amendment and the ongoing battle over who it protects. The film arrives later this year from ARRAY Filmworks, marking DuVernay’s return to Netflix following her Oscar-nominated documentary 13th.
DuVernay said of the film, “If 13th asked who gets caged, then 14th asks who gets counted. This is not a film about the past tense of freedom. I’m not interested in asking you to look back. The film asks what kind of country is being written beneath our feet now… while we’re busy believing the stories we’ve all been told.”
Netflix VP of Documentary Film and Series Adam Del Deo added, “Ava’s remarkable ability to bring history into conversation with the present made her last documentary, the seminal BAFTA-winning and Academy Award-nominated 13th, a cultural touchstone of the last quarter century. With 14th, she delivers another ambitious and thought-provoking documentary with the depth, artistry, and humanity that have come to define her work.”
What is ’14th’ about?
According to the official description, “14th pulls this constitutional fight out of the footnotes and into the present, chronicling the vicious battle over the amendment that has raged for over 150 years. Threading deep archival scholarship with piercing headlines of today, 14th brings together legal minds, politicians, historians and cultural voices in direct conversation with a question America still hasn’t settled: Who gets to belong?”
The film features more than 50 expert interviews conducted by DuVernay, including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, former Senator Jeff Flake, Senator Alex Padilla, Sherrilyn Ifill, Robert Chang, Stacey Abrams, Hasan Piker, conservative author Donald T. Critchlow and Pulitzer Prize winners Eric Foner and David Blight, among others.
14th is directed by DuVernay and produced by DuVernay, Spencer Averick, Tammy Garnes and Paul Garnes for ARRAY Filmworks.
When does ’14th’ premiere on Netflix?
14th arrives on Netflix later this year.
Featured image photo credit: Photo: Paul Garnes
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