13th

Last night Ira and I saw the most amazing documentary about the criminal justice system directed by Ana DuVernay, 13th, which refers to the 13th amendment. It is centered on race in America, and features interviews with such notables at Henry Louis Gates Jr., Jelani Cobb, Angela Davis and Bryan Stevenson. It is powerful, overwhelming, frightening and brings to the forefront things we know about racial inequality, but makes it so much more real. What is so terrifying is though it is a historical perspective, the racial imbalance does not seem so much better than it was, let's say, in the sixties. In addition to enjoying the film, (and learning from it) this made me so admiring of the work my daughter is doing on behalf of our challenged prison system. This is a must see film and you can see it on Nextflix.