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