Ava DuVernay’s documentary 14th is to get its world premiere as the closing night selection of the 64th New York Film Festival (NYFF) on October 9.
DuVernay and participants from the film will be in attendance at the Alice Tully Hall screening during the NYFF, presented by Film at Lincoln Center and this year running from September 25 to October 12.
The new film is described as a “sequel of sorts” to DuVernay’s Oscar-nominated documentary about the US prison system, 13th, which screened as the NYFF’s opening night film in 2016.
In 14th, DuVernay argues that the foundational principles of birthright citizenship, due process, equal protection under the law, and the prohibition for heads of state to engage in acts of insurrection have been challenged to a dangerous degree in recent years. The film is produced by Array for Netflix.
Said DuVernay: “Exactly a decade after 13th opened the New York Film Festival, it feels especially meaningful to return with 14th as the 2026 Closing Night Selection. NYFF has always been a place where films invite conversation rather than simply applause. To that end, 14th attempts to interrogate a promise powerful enough to change a nation—and controversial enough to divide it for more than 150 years.”
NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim added: “We are honoured to close this edition of the New York Film Festival with Ava DuVernay’s supremely timely follow-up to 13th, 14th is a movie for the moment that sees through the fog of the present. The great gift of this urgent and essential work is its clarity: Ava has made a film that shows us precisely what led us here, and what is at stake right now.”
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