Film · 2019 · 137 min · 12A · Drama · Crime · History
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.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
Starring Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Jamie Foxx, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rhoda Griffis
Released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2020.
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Release dates in the United Kingdom
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17 January 2020
Digital release
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Premiere or festival screening
5 October 2019 · BFI London Film Festival
First cinema release anywhere
25 December 2019 (Mexico, Romania and the United States)
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