9. The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club is more of a movie about mothers and daughters than it is about race; nevertheless, it offers a clear glimpse into the lives of many immigrants and first-generation Americans who find themselves torn between being American and being racially labeled as those in white America.
10. 13th
This documentary by Selma director Ava DuVernay examines the Thirteenth Amendment, which put an end to involuntary servitude in the United States, except as a punishment for the conviction of a crime. But as a result, mass incarceration was also allowed.
In the words of scholars, activists, and politicians, this evocative, intense, and enlightening movie analyzes the intersection of race, justice, the criminalization of Black Americans, and the prison boom.
