‘14th’ Review: Ava DuVernay’s Powerful Sequel to ‘13th’ Turns a Constitutional Amendment into Living History

The movie, I’m pleased to report, exerts the aforesaid benignant of historical/topical unit that "13th" did. DuVernay, portion she works successful an highly accessible and mainstream way, has a singular acquisition for making the nuances of past travel alive. "14th" is steeped successful history, but it’s not a adust lecture. Instead, DuVernay cuts done the dusty complacency with which we thin to respect the Constitution (just proceeding that connection tin marque you consciousness similar you’re backmost successful school) and shows you that the Constitution is simply a living, breathing document, 1 that we neglect to heed astatine our peril. Which is much oregon little what’s happening today.