Stacey Abrams Urged Ava DuVernay to Delay '14th' Until Dec. 4 After 2026 Midterms
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Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 13
Stacey Abrams Urged Ava DuVernay to Delay '14th' Until Dec. 4 After 2026 Midterms
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 13
Summary
Dec. 4 became the release date for Ava DuVernay’s Netflix documentary “14th” after Stacey Abrams advised her not to debut it before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Abrams, who appears in the film, argued it would be more useful after the vote because the forces opposing birthright citizenship and equal protection were not going away.
DuVernay said she was driven to make the documentary after the Trump administration tried to end birthright citizenship by executive order, triggering litigation that ended with a June Supreme Court ruling affirming citizenship for nearly everyone born on U.S. soil.
The film is DuVernay’s first documentary in 10 years and traces the 14th Amendment’s guarantees of birthright citizenship, due process and equal protection.