Problem
Watch the Film 13th - complete the viewing guide (attached). Also, identify at least one song from the film and describe how it was used in terms of historical context, message, etc.;
Cite the 13th documentary
Provide a brief explanation of each of these items, including their significance to Black mass incarceration in America.
Film Outline:
1) Birth of a Nation (film)
2) Great Migration - "refugees from terror"
3) Emmett Till
4) Jim Crow
5) 1970s - Nixon ("Law and Order," "War on Crime")
6) 1980s - Reagan ("War on Drugs," crack v. cocaine)
7) George Bush Sr. - (Willie Horton ad)
8) 1990s - Clinton - (3 strikes; mandatory minimum; truth in sentencing, 1994 crime bill)
9) Prison-Industrial-Complex.