Common Speaks on How His Faith Influences His Music and Social Activism

If you haven’t seen the documentary, “13th”, you are missing a very important historical analysis that you need. You can find out more about it on Netflix HERE

Here’s a trailer for the film:

Recently, the musician Common discussed the film and his music at an AOL sponsored discussion:

The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.” With a potent mixture of archival footage and testimony from a dazzling array of activists, politicians, historians and formerly incarcerated women and men, DuVernay creates a work of grand historical synthesis. For full schedule and more videos go to BUILDseries.com

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