TELEVISION series, movies and documentaries about the experience of black people in the United States have seen a surge in viewership as public demonstrations have focused new attention on racial discrimination, according to industry data.

The audience for filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary “13th,” about mass incarceration that disproportionately affects black people, jumped more than 47 times higher over the past three weeks, Netflix said Tuesday.

“Dear White People,” a Netflix comedy about black Ivy League college students, enjoyed a 331 percent boost in demand in the United States over the past 30 days. DuVernay’s Netflix series “When They See Us,” about five men wrongly accused of raping a jogger in Central Park in 1989, saw demand jump 83 percent in that time.

On the Apple TV app, 2014 Oscar-winning drama “12 Years a Slave” climbed to No. 8 among top independent films for the week ending June 14. (SD-Agencies)