In partnership with the Center for Campus Involvement (CCI), the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center will be hosting a screening of Ava Duvernay's documentary 13th on Friday, November 4th at 6:00 pm in the lounge.

From the official Netflix Youtube account:

"The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary 13TH refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.” The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of mass criminalization and the sprawling American prison industry is laid out by DuVernay with bracing lucidity. With a potent mixture of archival footage and testimony from a dazzling array of activists, politicians, historians, and formerly incarcerated women and men, DuVernay creates a work of grand historical synthesis. Now Streaming on Netflix."

*After the film, there will be a dialogue surrounding topics of the film facilitated by staff members of Trotter.