Ava DuVernay Returns to NYFF With ‘14th,’ a Powerful Reckoning With America’s Constitutional Promises

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At the 64th New York Film Festival, Ava DuVernay returned with “14th,” a documentary examining the constitutional promises of citizenship and equality established in 1868. Ten years after “13th,” the filmmaker confronts more than 150 years of American history, the contemporary battle over birthright citizenship and the unfinished struggle over who gets to belong.

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