# Ava DuVernay’s 14th to close New York Film Festival a decade after 13th

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ava-duvernays-14th-documentary-to-world-premiere-at-new-york-film-festival/
- Published: 2026-07-21T15:15:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T21:32:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/ava-duvernay-14th-documentary-new-york-film-festival-world-premiere-1236816861/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- "14th" premieres as NYFF closing film on 9 October
- Sequel to DuVernay's Oscar-nominated "13th", ten years on
- Netflix to stream the film later this year

## Summary

Ava DuVernay's documentary "14th" will have its world premiere as the closing night film of the New York Film Festival on 9 October at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. The screening carries symbolic weight, coming a decade after DuVernay's Oscar-nominated "13th" opened the same festival in 2016; where that film examined the US Constitution's 13th Amendment and its links to mass incarceration, "14th" turns to the 14th Amendment's guarantees of birthright citizenship, due process and equal protection, arguing these principles are now under sustained attack.

The film features interviews with figures including Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Anna Paulina Luna, legal experts Sherrilyn Ifill, Robert Chang and Stacey Abrams, and commentators such as Donald T. Critchlow and Hasan Piker. Netflix will release "14th" on its streaming platform later this year, with DuVernay describing it as asking "who gets counted" in contrast to "13th"'s focus on "who gets caged". NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim called the film "a movie for the moment", praising its clarity in showing "what led us here, and what is at stake right now".

## Coverage

- [Variety: Ava DuVernay’s 14th to close New York Film Festival a decade after 13th](https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/ava-duvernay-14th-documentary-new-york-film-festival-world-premiere-1236816861/)
- [The Hollywood Reporter: Ava DuVernay’s ’14th’ Documentary to Get World Premiere as NY Film Festival Closing Night Selection](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ava-duvernay-14th-documentary-world-premiere-ny-film-fest-1236652745/)
- [Deadline: NYFF Sets World Premiere Of Ava DuVernay Documentary ‘14th’ As Closing Night Film](https://deadline.com/2026/07/new-york-film-festival-ava-duvernay-14th-world-premiere-1236999137/)

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