Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.
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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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Michael B. JordanBryan Stevenson
- Brie LarsonEva Ansley
- Jamie FoxxWalter McMillian
- O'Shea Jackson Jr.Anthony Ray Hinton
- Rafe SpallTommy Champan
- Rob MorganHerbert Richardson
- Tim Blake NelsonRalph Myers
- Rhoda GriffisJudge Pamela Bachab
- J. Alphonse NicholsonHenry Davis
- Karan KendrickMinnie McMillian
Crew
- Destin Daniel CrettonDirector
- Destin Daniel CrettonScreenplay
- Andrew LanhamScreenplay
- Bryan StevensonNovel
- Brett PawlakDirector of Photography
- Joel P. WestOriginal Music Composer
- Nat SandersEditor
- Michael B. JordanProducer
- Gil NetterProducer
- Asher GoldsteinProducer
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