Cast and crew
13th (2016)
32 cast and 20 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast32
Jelani CobbSelf
Angela DavisSelf
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self
Michelle AlexanderSelf
Cory BookerSelf - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey
Marie GottschalkSelf- Michael HoughSelf
- Gina ClaytonSelf
- David KeeneSelf
- James KilgoreSelf
- Bryan StevensonSelf
- Nicholas TurnerSelf
- John HaganSelf
- Van JonesSelf
Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)
Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)- Jimmy CarterSelf (archive footage)
George W. BushSelf (archive footage)
Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage)
George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage)- Hillary ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)
Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)- Nancy ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)- Gerald FordSelf (archive footage)
- Michael DukakisSelf (archive footage)
Bernie SandersSelf (archive footage)- David DinkinsSelf - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)
- Assata ShakurSelf (archive footage)
Crew20
Directing
- Ava DuVernayDirector
Writing
- Ava DuVernayWriter
- Spencer AverickWriter
Production
- Ava DuVernayProducer
- Spencer AverickProducer
- Adam Del DeoExecutive Producer
- Lisa NishimuraExecutive Producer
- Angus WallExecutive Producer
- Howard BarishProducer
Camera
- Kira KellyDirector of Photography
- Hans CharlesDirector of Photography
Editing
- Spencer AverickEditor
Sound and music
- Jeffrey PerkinsSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Craig HenighanSound Mixer
- Julie PearceMusic Editor
- Lise RichardsonMusic Editor
- Karriem RigginsMusician
- Jason MoranOriginal Music Composer
Crew
- David OyelowoThanks
- Oprah WinfreyThanks