Gideon's Army (2013)

Directed by

Dawn Porter

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows three public defenders in the southern United States as they handle heavy caseloads for poor clients. It shows the daily challenges and emotional toll of their work.

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What happens

Gideon's Army is a 2013 American documentary film about three public defenders in the Southern United States. The movie is directed by Dawn Porter. Its title comes from Gideon v. Wainwright, which required that indigent criminal defendants be offered counsel at trial. The film received the Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize in 2014, as well as the Candescent Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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