Public Defender (2024)

Directed by

Andrea Kalin

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

51 min

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a public defender in Washington, D.C. as she works on two cases involving people who took part in the January 6 Capitol attack. The film shows her legal strategy and personal challenges.

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What happens

Public Defender is a 2024 documentary film about Washington, D.C., criminal defense attorney Heather Shaner. The documentary follows Shaner's work defending two individuals who participated in the January 6 United States Capitol attack. Public Defender is a Spark Media film, produced in partnership with Pulitzer Center. The documentary was directed and produced by Andrea Kalin with Emmy-award winning actor Richard Schiff as executive producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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