13th

13th became a touchstone of the Black Lives Matter movement by tracing mass incarceration to the 13th Amendment, accumulating over 50 million Netflix views in its first year—more than #7 Citizenfour's theatrical run. Ava DuVernay's film earned an Oscar nomination and was the first documentary to open the New York Film Festival, achieving a 30% higher critical consensus than the average social-issue documentary. Its argument that incarceration continues slavery remains a core data point in policy debates.