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Just Mercy (2019)
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Jamie Foxx, O'Shea Jackson Jr.
7.6
85%Runtime137 min
Rating12A
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The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
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With its powerful true story, nuanced performances led by Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx, and Destin Daniel Cretton's thoughtful direction, Just Mercy (2019) is a must-see drama that offers an unflinching look at the criminal justice system and the fight for justice against racial bias and wrongful convictions.
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Just Mercy is a 2019 American biographical legal drama film co-written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson, Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, and Brie Larson. It explores the work of young defense attorney Bryan Stevenson who represents poor people on death row in the South. Featured is his work with Walter McMillian, who had been wrongfully convicted of the murder of a young woman. The film is based on Stevenson's 2014 eponymous memoir, in which he explored his journey to making his life's work the defense of African American prisoners.
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