"Just Mercy" is a new legal drama directed by Destin Daniel Cretton ("Short Term 12", "The Glass Castle") from a script he co-wrote alongside Andrew Lanham ("The Shack") based on the memoir "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" by Bryan Stevenson.
The film stars Michael B. Jordan as attorney Bryan Stevenson, who takes the case of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), an African-American man wrongfully imprisoned for the 1986 murder of a white woman in Alabama and sentenced to death. Brie Larson, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall and O'Shea Jackson Jr. co-star.
"Just Mercy" premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in limited release on December 25, 2019. The film expanded nationwide on January 10, 2020.
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