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- 2013
- Not Rated
- Trilogy Films
- 1 h 36 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Trilogy Films
- 1 h 36 m
Summary Follows three young 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.
Directed By: Dawn Porter
Written By: Matthew Hamachek, Dawn Porter
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Trilogy Films
- 1 h 36 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Trilogy Films
- 1 h 36 m
Gideon's Army
87
8.3
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Summary Follows three young 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.
Directed By: Dawn Porter
Written By: Matthew Hamachek, Dawn Porter
Where to Watch
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
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Gideon’s Army is a bare film with no narrator and a minimal soundtrack. That’s all it needs to grab you by the throat.
Porter'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.
Gideon’s Army is an eye-opening insight into a judicial hellhole world that ordinary citizens can never imagine.
Gideon’s Army does what the best documentaries have always done: It makes us think about something we’d rather not.
Like 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.
What Gideon's Army does is make a respectful case on the behalf of a profession that too often gets maligned.
Porter'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.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 User Ratings
8.3
88% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
6% Mixed
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 17 User Ratings
8.3
88% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
6% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
6% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
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Production Company
HBO Documentary Films,
Motto Pictures,
Trilogy Films
Release Date Jun 28, 2013
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Everyone deserves the best defense. They fight to provide it.
Awards
Miami Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Nomination
