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14th

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Written in the wreckage of the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was meant to close the door on the hierarchy of human worth. Instead, it has become a permanent argument. Ava DuVernay’s 14th pulls this constitutional fight out of the footnotes and into the present, chronicling the vicious battle over the amendment that has raged for over 150 years. Threading deep archival scholarship with piercing headlines of today, 14th brings together legal minds, politicians, historians and cultural voices in direct conversation with a question America still hasn’t settled: Who gets to belong?
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Ava DuVernay

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Anna Paulina Luna

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Jeff Flake

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Alex Padilla

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Ava DuVernay

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Beandrea July IndieWire 4 days ago
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DuVernay has said she did not want the movie to “feel like medicine,” and the “14th” is energetic, accessible and frequently entertaining. But in casting such a wide net, the film overloads the viewer with information to the point of suffocation. Go to Full Review Owen Gleiberman Variety 4 days ago
“14th,” I’m pleased to report, exerts the same kind of historical/topical force that “13th” did. DuVernay, while she works in an extremely accessible and mainstream way, has a singular gift for making the nuances of history come alive. Go to Full Review Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter 4 days ago
Like its predecessor, 14th is powered by well-earned rage; also like its predecessor, it’s more a history lesson and a model of carefully composed rhetoric than a screed. Go to Full Review Matthew Carey Deadline Hollywood Daily 1 day ago
Inevitably, 14th is didactic -- a history lesson, if you will, but the kind every American should experience if they want to continue living under a form of government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Go to Full Review Stephen Silver The SS Ben Hecht 1 day ago
One of those political documentaries whose entire thesis I pretty much agreed with, while acknowledging that it’s not especially well argued and is extremely unlikely to persuade anyone of anything. Go to Full Review Rodrigo Perez The Playlist 1 day ago
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It is an essential work—impassioned, powerful, and must-see—and exactly the kind of documentary that should be taught in schools, not because DuVernay turns constitutional history into homework, but because she makes civics immediate... Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Written in the wreckage of the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was meant to close the door on the hierarchy of human worth. Instead, it has become a permanent argument. Ava DuVernay’s 14th pulls this constitutional fight out of the footnotes and into the present, chronicling the vicious battle over the amendment that has raged for over 150 years. Threading deep archival scholarship with piercing headlines of today, 14th brings together legal minds, politicians, historians and cultural voices in direct conversation with a question America still hasn’t settled: Who gets to belong?
Director
Ava DuVernay
Producer
Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick, Paul Garnes, Tammy Thomas-Garnes
Distributor
Netflix
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 27, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 4, 2026
Runtime
1h 40m
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