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# 13th (2016): cast and crew

32 cast and 20 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Jelani Cobb](https://film.one/person/jelani-cobb.md) as Self
- [Angela Davis](https://film.one/person/angela-davis-938972.md) as Self
- [Henry Louis Gates, Jr.](https://film.one/person/henry-louis-gates-jr.md) as Self
- [Michelle Alexander](https://film.one/person/michelle-alexander.md) as Self
- [Cory Booker](https://film.one/person/cory-booker.md) as Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey
- [Marie Gottschalk](https://film.one/person/marie-gottschalk.md) as Self
- [Michael Hough](https://film.one/person/michael-hough-1947748.md) as Self
- [Gina Clayton](https://film.one/person/gina-clayton.md) as Self
- [David Keene](https://film.one/person/david-keene.md) as Self
- [James Kilgore](https://film.one/person/james-kilgore.md) as Self
- [Bryan Stevenson](https://film.one/person/bryan-stevenson.md) as Self
- [Nicholas Turner](https://film.one/person/nicholas-turner.md) as Self
- John Hagan as Self
- Van Jones as Self
- [Barack Obama](https://film.one/person/barack-obama.md) as Self (archive footage)
- [Bill Clinton](https://film.one/person/bill-clinton.md) as Self (archive footage)
- Jimmy Carter as Self (archive footage)
- [George W. Bush](https://film.one/person/george-w-bush.md) as Self (archive footage)
- Donald Trump as Self (archive footage)
- [George H. W. Bush](https://film.one/person/george-h-w-bush.md) as Self (archive footage)
- Hillary Clinton as Self (archive footage)
- [Martin Luther King Jr.](https://film.one/person/martin-luther-king-jr.md) as Self (archive footage)
- [Malcolm X](https://film.one/person/malcolm-x.md) as Self (archive footage)
- [Lyndon B. Johnson](https://film.one/person/lyndon-b-johnson.md) as Self (archive footage)
- [Richard Nixon](https://film.one/person/richard-nixon.md) as Self (archive footage)
- Nancy Reagan as Self (archive footage)
- [Ronald Reagan](https://film.one/person/ronald-reagan.md) as Self (archive footage)
- Gerald Ford as Self (archive footage)
- Michael Dukakis as Self (archive footage)
- [Bernie Sanders](https://film.one/person/bernie-sanders.md) as Self (archive footage)
- David Dinkins as Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)
- Assata Shakur as Self  (archive footage)

## Directing

- [Ava DuVernay](https://film.one/person/ava-duvernay.md): Director

## Writing

- [Ava DuVernay](https://film.one/person/ava-duvernay.md): Writer
- [Spencer Averick](https://film.one/person/spencer-averick.md): Writer

## Production

- [Ava DuVernay](https://film.one/person/ava-duvernay.md): Producer
- [Spencer Averick](https://film.one/person/spencer-averick.md): Producer
- Adam Del Deo: Executive Producer
- Lisa Nishimura: Executive Producer
- [Angus Wall](https://film.one/person/angus-wall.md): Executive Producer
- [Howard Barish](https://film.one/person/howard-barish.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Kira Kelly](https://film.one/person/kira-kelly.md): Director of Photography
- [Hans Charles](https://film.one/person/hans-charles.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Spencer Averick](https://film.one/person/spencer-averick.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Jeffrey Perkins: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Craig Henighan: Sound Mixer
- Julie Pearce: Music Editor
- Lise Richardson: Music Editor
- [Karriem Riggins](https://film.one/person/karriem-riggins.md): Musician
- [Jason Moran](https://film.one/person/jason-moran.md): Original Music Composer

## Crew

- [David Oyelowo](https://film.one/person/david-oyelowo.md): Thanks
- [Oprah Winfrey](https://film.one/person/oprah-winfrey.md): Thanks

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