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Status
Released
Release
2016
Runtime
1h 40m
Available options inUS
"From slave to criminal with one amendment."
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
32 Cast Members
Jelani Cobb
Self
Angela Davis
Self
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self
Michelle Alexander
Self
Cory Booker
Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey
Marie Gottschalk
Self
Michael Hough
Self
Gina Clayton
Self
David Keene
Self
James Kilgore
Self
Bryan Stevenson
Self
Nicholas Turner
Self
John Hagan
Self
Van Jones
Self
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
