The Best Episodes Directed By Ava Duvernay

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(39 votes)

   #1 - Part Four

   S1:E45/31/2019

   At age 16, Korey begins a brutal journey through the adult prison system. A shocking turn of events reveals the truth of the crime, long ignored.

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   7.8/10(38 votes)

   #2 - Part Three

   S1:E35/31/2019

   The boys struggle with the difficult reality of life behind bars. Years later, Raymond, Antron, Yusef and Kevin return home as men to a changed world.

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3. 

   7.6/10(47 votes)

   #3 - Part One

   S1:E15/31/2019

   In the spring of 1989, five boys of color are arrested, interrogated and coerced into confessing to the vicious attack of a woman in Central Park.

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4. 

   7.5/10(40 votes)

   #4 - Part Two

   S1:E25/31/2019

   As the jogger case stirs tensions nationwide, the families of the boys and their lawyers prepare for a bitter legal fight against the city of New York.

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   7.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Cornrows

   S1:E110/29/2021

   Inspired by his basketball idol, eighth grader Colin embraces his individuality and hip-hop culture in a way that startles his parents and coaches.

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6. 

   6.9/10(8 votes)

   #6 - Evergreen

   S1:E29/7/2016

   The Bordelon siblings try to plan their father's funeral but tensions arise between Charley and Nova; Ralph Angel argues with Aunt Violet about inviting his son; Charley meets someone interested in buying the farm.

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   6.8/10(10 votes)

   #7 - First Things First

   S1:E19/6/2016

   A woman gives up her upscale Los Angeles lifestyle to return home to a large sugarcane farm in Louisiana after her father suffers a stroke; she reunites with her estranged siblings and learns alarming news about her husband.

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   2.8/10(9 votes)

   #8 - Good Luck

   S1:E13/17/2022

   As the clock begins on Alma’s dangerous 24-hour passage into a lawless Manhattan in search of her son Christian, rivals Parco and Wilson seek approval from the DMZ’s major gangs in separate bids for governor.

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