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 Brie Larson Jamie Foxx O'Shea Jackson Jr. Rafe Spall Rob Morgan Tim Blake Nelson Rhoda Griffis J. Alphonse Nicholson Karan Kendrick Hayes Mercure Lindsay Ayliffe Dominic Bogart Tim Hooper Andrene Ward-Hammond John Lacy Michael Harding Ron Clinton Smith C.J. LeBlanc Kelly Mumme Mallory Hoff Terence Rosemore Charlie Pye Jr. Christopher Wolfe Adam Boyer Jacinte Blankenship Bryan Stevenson Brad Sanders Charmin Lee Sebastian Eugene Hansen David Garlock Robert Caston Talmedge Hayes Kuntrell Jackson Tatom Pender Scarlet Olivia Dunbar Denitra Isler Darryl W. Handy Darrell Britt-Gibson Al Mitchell Pete Burris Susie Spear Purcell Deadra Moore Ryan Dinning Carl Palmer Greta Glenn Alex Van Leydi Morales Ben Peck Ted Huckabee Ryan Girard Tim Ware Norm Lewis Claire Bronson Desmond Phillips Drew Starkey Steve Coulter McDaniel Austin Drew Scheid Brandon Armstrong Elizabeth Becka Kirk Bovill Tony Bradley Olivia De Paux Christine Hameed Harvey B. Jackson Jay DeVon Johnson Jay D. Kacho Mary Kraft Josh Royston Tonea Stewart Albert L. Taylor Benjamin Weaver
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