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21) Saint Omer
Language
Français
Description
Bringing a documentarian's sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama finds herself shaken to the core by a case that proves to have profound resonances with her own life. Interweaving...
Language
English
Description
Set in early 1945, during the height of World War II, it involves the court-martial of Lt. Maryk for relieving Lt. Cmdr. Queeg of command of the destroyer U.S.S. Caine at the height of a storm. Lt. Greenwald, the defense attorney, is forced to mount a defense on behalf of Lt. Maryk, despite being a bit ambivalent towards his client.
Language
English
Description
A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that opens old wounds and forces them to address the issues...
25) Legal eagles
Language
English
Description
A hard-nosed assistant district attorney and an imaginative defense attorney combine their talents to defend a spacey "performance artist" who is accused of theft and murder.
26) Roe v. Wade
Language
English
Description
Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history. It is a compelling and deeper look into the parties involved on both sides of this landmark decision.
27) God's not dead 2
Language
English
Description
A Christian teacher is forced before a judge for honestly answering a question about Jesus in the classroom. With the principal and superintendent joining forces with a zealous civil liberties group, Grace faces an epic court case that could cost her the career she loves and expel God from the classroom.
28) Final verdict
Language
English
Description
Earl Rogers was raised to believe in truth and justice by his father, Reverend Rogers. But he soon discovered that truth and justice have little to do with the law. Earl knows his job is to come up with the best defense a man can have -- and sometimes that means crossing the line. In order to defend two accused murderers, Earl finds himself torn between the honesty his father taught him and the law he's learned to practice.
29) Inherit the wind
Language
English
Description
Based on the real-life 1925 trial featuring Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Portrays the Scopes monkey trial, where famous lawyer Henry Drummond battles fundamentalist Matthew Brady in a Tennessee courtroom when schoolteacher Bertram Cates is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution.