Ten years after 13th opened NYFF, Ava DuVernay closes the festival with a 100-minute sequel of sorts on how birthright citizenship, due process and equal protection are being challenged. Her interviewees run from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Anna Paulina Luna to Jeff Flake, Stacey Abrams, Sherrilyn Ifill and Hasan Piker. If you want to be in the room for the festival's biggest civic conversation of the year, this is the ticket.
What to expect
The 6pm Alice Tully Hall screening is followed by a Q&A with DuVernay, Sherrilyn Ifill and Van Lathan, while the 6:30pm Walter Reade and 8:45pm Alice Tully shows open with an introduction by DuVernay. Expect a charged, full-house premiere crowd; the film later streams on Netflix.
Good to know
- The 1 train to 66 St–Lincoln Center lets you out a block from the festival theaters.
- If a show sells out, Film at Lincoln Center releases unclaimed seats to a standby line at the theater.
- An encore screening at the Walter Reade Theater later in the weekend has no guest listed.
- The film is a documentary running about 100 minutes.
- Netflix is the distributor, so this is the chance to see it with a festival audience first.
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Common questions
Is 14th a sequel to 13th?
Film at Lincoln Center describes it as a sequel of sorts: where 13th examined the 13th Amendment and mass incarceration, 14th looks at challenges to the 14th Amendment's principles.
Will Ava DuVernay be at the screening?
Yes. The 6pm Alice Tully Hall show has a Q&A with DuVernay, Sherrilyn Ifill and Van Lathan, and the 6:30pm and 8:45pm shows include an introduction by DuVernay.
Can I see 14th if Closing Night sells out?
There is an encore at the Walter Reade Theater on October 11, 2026, and the film is a Netflix release.
