Just mercy
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Just mercy
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: M
Main title
Just mercy
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Originally released: 2019
Runtime
136
Summary
Young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds -- and the system -- stacked against them
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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Subject
- Equal Justice Initiative -- Drama
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Public defenders -- Drama
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Lawyers -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Judicial error -- Drama
- Legal assistance to the poor -- Drama
- Legal films
- Stevenson, Bryan -- Drama
Content
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- Contributor5
- Genre6
- Subject13
- Equal Justice Initiative -- Drama
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Public defenders -- Drama
- Feature films
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Lawyers -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Judicial error -- Drama
- Legal assistance to the poor -- Drama
- Legal films
- Stevenson, Bryan -- Drama
- Content1
- Actor3
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.screenwriter2