'' 13th '' garnered acclaim from a number of film critics . It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards , and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards . On the other hand , '' New York '' magazine film critic David Edelstein writing in '' Vulture '' noted : " You ’d think from '' 13th '' that crime did n’t exist . " The film begins with an audio clip of former President Barack Obama stating that the US had 5 percent of the world 's population but 25 percent of the world 's prisoners . This film features several activists , academics , political figures from both major US political parties , and public figures , such as Angela Davis , Bryan Stevenson , Van Jones , Newt Gingrich , Cory Booker , Henry Louis Gates Jr. , and others
69th Primetime Emmy Awards
69th Primetime Emmy Awards
13th (film)