Just Mercy (2020)
Just Mercy is a historical drama film that tells the true story of young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan decides to skip the lucrative job opportunities offered to him. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley.
Just Mercy
- Director
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Release Date
- January 10, 2020
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Cast
- Tim Blake Nelson , Rafe Spall , Michael B. Jordan , Brie Larson , Jamie Foxx
- Writers
- Andrew Lanham , Destin Daniel Cretton
- Runtime
- 136 minutes
- Budget
- $25 million
Summary
A powerful and thought-provoking true-story, "Just Mercy" follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan might have had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned, 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.
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