
On the Basis of Sex(2018)
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.


“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.

Michael B. Jordan
Bryan Stevenson

Brie Larson
Eva Ansley

Jamie Foxx
Walter McMillian

O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Anthony Ray Hinton

Rafe Spall
Tommy Champan

Rob Morgan
Herbert Richardson

Tim Blake Nelson
Ralph Myers

Rhoda Griffis
Judge Pamela Bachab

J. Alphonse Nicholson
Henry Davis

Karan Kendrick
Minnie McMillian
Just Mercy is a drama, crime, history film released in 2019 exploring themes of death penalty, judge, innocence, based on true story, lawyer, electric chair. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, it stars Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Jamie Foxx. 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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