13th (2016) | Full Cast

Ava DuVernay

DIRECTOR

Melina Abdullah

Self - Chair, Pan-African Studies, California State University, Los Angeles

Michelle Alexander

Self - Educator and Author, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Cory Booker

Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey

Dolores Canales

Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist

Gina Clayton

Self - Attorney and Founder, Essie Justice Group

Jelani Cobb

Self - Professor of African-American Studies, University of Connecticut

Malkia Cyril

Self - Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice

Angela Davis

Self - Professor Emerita, UC Santa Cruz

Craig DeRoche

Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist

David Dinkins

Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)

Baz Dreisinger

Self - Educator and Author, Incarceration Nations

Kevin Gannon

Self - Professor of History, Grandview University

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Self - Professor of History, Harvard University

Marie Gottschalk

Self - Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Newt Gingrich

Self - 50th Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate

Lisa Graves

Self - Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy

Cory Greene

Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist

John Hagan

Self - Professor of Sociology and Law, Northwestern University

Michael Hough

Self - Maryland State Senator (R), American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)

Van Jones

Self - Founder, #CUT50

David Keene

Self - Chairman 1984 - 2011, American Conservative Union

James Kilgore

Self - Formerly Incarcerated Author, Understanding Mass Incarceration

Glenn E. Martin

Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist

Marc Mauer

Self - Executive Director, Sentencing Project

Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Self - Professor of History, Race and Public Policy, Harvard University

Pat Nolan

Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist

Grover Norquist

Self - Board Member, Americans for Tax Reform

Dorsey Nunn

Self - Executive Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children

Liza Jessie Peterson

Self - Incarceration Activist and Educator

Charles Rangel

Self - Congressman (D), New York 13th District

Kyung-Ji Rhee

Self - Center for Nu Leadership on Urban Solutions

Rashad Robinson

Self - Color for Change

Shaka Senghor

Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist

Bob Sloan

Self - Independent Investigative Journalist

Deborah Small

Self - Attorney and Founder, Break the Chains

Bryan Stevenson

Self - Attorney and Author

Ken Thompson

Self - District Attorney - Brooklyn, New York

Nicholas Turner

Self - President, Vera Institute of Justice

Daniel Wagner

Self - Investigative Reporter, Buzzfeed

Joe Atkins

Self - Minnesota (DFL)archiveFootage

Lee Atwater

Self - Campaign Strategist to Ronald ReaganarchiveFootage

Tom Brokaw

Self - Host, NBC Nightly News with Tom BrokawarchiveFootage

Kalief Browder

Self - Inmate Held Without Trial, 2010 - 2013archiveFootage

Carolyn Bryant

Self - Wife of Roy BryantarchiveFootage

Roy Bryant

Self - Acquitted of Lynching Emmett TillarchiveFootage

George Bush

Self - 41st President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

George W. Bush

Self - 43rd President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

Jimmy Carter

Self - 39th President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

Philando Castile

Self - Murdered by PolicearchiveFootage

Bill Clinton

Self - 42nd President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

Hillary Clinton

Self - 2016 Democratic Presidential CandidatearchiveFootage

Stephen Colbert

Self - Host, The Late Show with Stephen ColbertarchiveFootage

Walter Cronkite

Self - Host, CBS Evening NewsarchiveFootage

Richard Allen Davis

Self - Convicted MurdererarchiveFootage

Bob Dole

Self - Former U.S. Senator (R-KS)archiveFootage

Sam DuBose

Self - Murdered by PolicearchiveFootage

Michael Dukakis

Self - 1988 Democratic Presidential CandidatearchiveFootage

John Ehrlichman

Self - Chief Domestic Advisor to Richard NixonarchiveFootage

Gerald Ford

Self - 38th President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

Eric Garner

SelfarchiveFootage

Steve Gottwalt

Self - Minnesota (R)archiveFootage

Oscar Grant

Self - Murdered by PolicearchiveFootage

Freddie Gray

Self - Murdered by PolicearchiveFootage

Fred Hampton

Self - Chairman, Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther PartyarchiveFootage

Eric Courtney Harris

Self - Murdered by PolicearchiveFootage

Jason Harrison

Self - Murdered by PolicearchiveFootage

Thom Hartmann

Self - Progressive Political CommentatorarchiveFootage

Marc Lamont Hill

Self - Huffington Post LivearchiveFootage

Willie Horton

Self - Convicted MurdererarchiveFootage

Peter Jennings

Self - Host, ABC Nightly News with Peter JenningsarchiveFootage

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self - 36th President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

Sharanda Jones

Self - Received Mandatory Minimum Sentence of Life in Prison on First OffensearchiveFootage

Martin Luther King

Self - Civil Rights LeaderarchiveFootage

Polly Hannah Klaas

Self - Murder VictimarchiveFootage

Ed Koch

Self - 105th Mayor of New York CityarchiveFootage

Rachel Maddow

Self - Host, The Rachel Maddow ShowarchiveFootage

Malcolm X

Self - Civil Rights LeaderarchiveFootage

Trayvon Martin

SelfarchiveFootage

Laquan McDonald

Self - Murdered by PolicearchiveFootage

Zebulon Miletsky

Self - Author, Before Busing: Boston's Long Freedom Movement in the 'Cradle of Liberty'

Mamie Till Mobley

Self - Mother of Emmett TillarchiveFootage

Richard Nixon

Self - 37th President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

Barack Obama

Self - 44th President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

John Oliver

Self - Host, Last Week Tonight with John OliverarchiveFootage

Rick Perry

Self - Governor of Texas 2000 - 2015 (R)archiveFootage

Dan Rather

Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Dan RatherarchiveFootage

Nancy Reagan

Self - Former First LadyarchiveFootage

Ronald Reagan

Self - 40th President of the United StatesarchiveFootage

Harry Reasoner

Self - Journalist, 60 MinutesarchiveFootage

Diamond Reynolds

Self - Partner Murdered by PolicearchiveFootage

Tamir E. Rice

Self - Murdered by PolicearchiveFootage

Ronnie C. Rouse

Self - Film and Music Producer

Bernie Sanders

Self - U.S. Senator (I-VT)archiveFootage

Assata Shakur

Self - Member of Black Panther Party & Black Liberation ArmyarchiveFootage

Emmett Till

Self - Victim of LynchingarchiveFootage

Donald Trump

Self - New York City Real Estate BusinessmanarchiveFootage

Jerry Watson

Self - Chief Legal Counsel, American Bail CoalitionarchiveFootage

Paul Weyrich

Self - Co-Founder, ALECarchiveFootage

Larry Wilmore

Self - Host, The Nightly Show with Larry WilmorearchiveFootage

George Zimmerman

SelfarchiveFootage