
Follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.... (Full plot summary below)
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Follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.
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| Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlPorter's film is dramatic, unsettling, despairing, and in the end thrilling -- at some point, it grows from a portrait of this country's problems into a celebration of a possible solution. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenGideon’s Army is a bare film with no narrator and a minimal soundtrack. That’s all it needs to grab you by the throat. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeGideon’s Army is an eye-opening insight into a judicial hellhole world that ordinary citizens can never imagine. |
| The PlaylistKevin JagernauthPorter's film is not just a stirring testament to those taking on a Herculean task of bringing some sense of fairness and balance to an out of whack structure, but a reminder that there is still a far distance to go before everyone is equally represented in front of lady justice. |
| HitfixDan FienbergWhat Gideon's Army does is make a respectful case on the behalf of a profession that too often gets maligned. |
| VarietyJohn AndersonLike the film itself, Porter’s handful of devoted, charismatic attorneys do a righteous job of reminding people that the accused are innocent until proven guilty, and that the criminal justice system seems otherwise disposed. |
| New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyGideon’s Army does what the best documentaries have always done: It makes us think about something we’d rather not. |
| Shadow and ActAramide TinubuGideon's Army is a straightforward, eye-opening snapshot at the uncelebrated, but incredibly crucial work done by a relatively invisible population comprised of government employees. |
| User ReviewJonathan RThis film documents the struggle to ensure equal justice for all. These are today's civil rights warriors. Collectively they are forcing a broken criminal justice system to live up to its highest ideals. Once you watch it you will be moved to do something about it! |
| User ReviewShane GAs a movie enthusiast I enjoyed this movie immensely. Dawn Porter introduces the viewers to Brandy, Travis and June. Three public defenders trained by Gideon's Promise. We see what it is like for passionate, dedicated people to fight for what they believe in, a fair trial, for their clients. How hard that can be with low pay and low prestige. The system stacks the decks against them. Porter takes us through a case that each public defender is working on. I loved the humanity and the strength portrayed in each portrait. As a public defender I enjoyed seeing a slice of several aspects of what we work on- guilty pleas, trials, and pre-trial detention. What we have here is a part one. I am really hoping for a part two that goes into more of the problems public defenders face and how that affects the millions of people who are arrested each year. This is definitely an eye opener and a discussion starter. Check it out! |