Director Ava DuVernay Wins Big At The Primetime Creative Arts Emmys

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Channel: Roland S. Martin · 2017 · News & Politics

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Director Ava Devernay took home 3 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys this weekend for the documentary "Thirteenth." Released exclusively on Netflix, the documentary examines the intersection of race, justice and mass incarceration in America and is titled after the thirteenth amendment which prohibits slavery unless as a punishment for a crime.  

Check out a portion of her powerful acceptance speech where she addressed mass incarceration in America. 

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