What is 13th's IQ Score?

13th has an IQ Score of 197/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 49/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 49/50 Educational Value, and 50/50 Craft & Quality.

13th is strong on educational value, 49/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

13th IQ Score 197/200

Name: 13th
Genre: documentary
Rating: 197
Cast: Angela Davis, George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton

13th has an IQ Score of 197/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-08-13·Methodology

documentary

197/ 200

Masterclass TVI Essential

Exceptional cognitive and educational substance, delivered with craft that sustains close attention

13th poster, IQ Score 197/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: how much the title demands of your mind, its structural complexity, ideas, and sustained intellectual engagement.
Educational Value: what you take away, across academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

round((C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4)

Database scale

2,599 titles, version-controlled

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TVI Essential · Consensus

13th scores 197/200 on the TVI IQ Score, Masterclass tier. Ava DuVernay's essay film documenting the 13th Amendment's loophole and its connection to mass incarceration, earning Cultural Impact, Intellectual Substance, and Lasting Significance. TVI Essential is an editorial designation; IQ Score is a content rating, not an intelligence measurement.

The TVI Take

Ava DuVernay's essay film documenting the 13th Amendment's loophole and its connection to mass incarceration. Exceptionally high cognitive demands from synthesizing history, law, statistics, and testimony into a coherent argument.

Educational value is direct and substantial: the documentary shows exactly how the prison system functions as a continuation of slavery. Confrontational by design.

People & Production Ava DuVernay · United States 17 connections