Just Mercy - Special Screening with pre-film discussion

Just Mercy IMDb 7.5 Rotten Tomatoes 83% Special Screening event Wednesday, March 4, 2020 6pm – Discussion lead by Dr Dottie Morris will be followed by 7pm film $8.50 General Admission, $6.50 for Seniors and students, $5.50 for Colonial Members. KSC students please bring college ID for entrance. Jamie Foxx, Charlie Pye Jr., Michael Harding; PG-13; 137 minutes. A powerful and thought-provoking true story, “Just Mercy” follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds-and the system-stacked against them.