Documentary /

Score: 78.9%( 753 votes )

Overview: An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Cast:

Jelani Cobb
Self

Angela Davis
Self

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self

Michelle Alexander
Self

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

Marie Gottschalk
Self

Michael Hough
Self

Gina Clayton
Self

David Keene
Self

James Kilgore
Self

Bryan Stevenson
Self

Nicholas Turner
Self

John Hagan
Self

Van Jones
Self

Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)

Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)

Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage)

Michael Dukakis
Self (archive footage)

Bernie Sanders
Self (archive footage)

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

Assata Shakur
Self (archive footage)