13th (2016) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Ava DuVernay.

Cast

• Jelani Cobb as Self
• Angela Davis as Self
• Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as Self
• Michelle Alexander as Self
• Cory Booker as Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey
• Marie Gottschalk as Self
• Michael Hough as Self
• Gina Clayton as Self
• David Keene as Self
• James Kilgore as Self
• Bryan Stevenson as Self
• Nicholas Turner as Self
• John Hagan as Self
• Van Jones as Self
• Barack Obama as Self (archive footage)
• Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage)
• Jimmy Carter as Self (archive footage)
• George W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
• Donald Trump as Self (archive footage)
• George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
• Hillary Clinton as Self (archive footage)
• Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)
• Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)
• Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
• Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)
• Nancy Reagan as Self (archive footage)
• Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)
• Gerald Ford as Self (archive footage)
• Michael Dukakis as Self (archive footage)
• Bernie Sanders as Self (archive footage)
• David Dinkins as Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)
• Assata Shakur as Self (archive footage)

Crew

• Ava DuVernay — Director
• Hans Charles — Director of Photography
• Spencer Averick — Writer
• Ava DuVernay — Writer
• Kira Kelly — Director of Photography
• Ava DuVernay — Producer
• Spencer Averick — Producer
• Jason Moran — Original Music Composer
• Howard Barish — Producer

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