Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans in her documentary 13th. In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists, and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom. Feel free to organize a watch party with others or watch the documentary on your own time. Send a reflection before midnight to the group chat that will be made. What did you learn? What can you apply to your life?