Overview
- DuVernay and Netflix announced Thursday, July 16, 2026, that the director has completed a feature documentary titled "14th" and that Netflix will stream it later this year.
- The film examines the 14th Amendment’s guarantees of birthright citizenship, due process and equal protection and asks who is counted as belonging in the United States.
- DuVernay conducted more than 50 interviews for the project with a wide range of voices, including members of Congress, legal scholars, historians and cultural figures across the ideological spectrum.
- The project was produced under DuVernay’s ARRAY banner with Spencer Averick, Tammy Garnes and Paul Garnes, and Netflix says it will distribute the film worldwide though no exact release date has been set.
- The film is timed into current politics: the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship in June 2026, and the documentary is expected to be positioned for festival and awards attention given DuVernay’s prior work.