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But her most acclaimed film is her documentary 13th, which was also produced by Netflix and was nominated for Best Documentary in 2016 The film explores the aftermath of the passage of the 13th Amendment (which outlawed slavery) and how institutions of forced labor ended up creating new systems of oppression, including mass incarceration. https://youtu.be/YyoSErErnCEVideo can't[...]

Netflix continues to have a strong creative relationship with Ava DuVernay (13th), including her upcoming limited series look at the "Central Park Five" case; and recently signed Scandal's Shonda Rhimes — and her reputation for diverse casting — to an exclusive creative contract. But in the boardroom and offices of Netflix, it's a different story[...]

Having tackled the topics of corruption and injustice through critically acclaimed documentaries like 13th, The Keepers and Making a Murderer, Netflix is setting its sights on the corporate world and global food production Zero Point Zero Productions' (Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, The Mind of a Chef) food expose Rotten and Alex Gibney's Dirty Money are both[...]

The series will span from when the men were first questioned in 1989 and follow their cases through 2014, when they were finally exonerated and a settlement was reached with The City of New York. For DuVernay, this project marks a return to Netflix after the streaming service hosted her 2016 documentary 13th, based on the[...]