Gideon's Army

Name: Gideon's Army
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 28, 2013
Rating: 87

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Trilogy Films | Release Date: June 28, 2013 | Not Rated

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.

Director: Dawn Porter

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

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Stephen Holden

Jun 27, 2013

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. Read full review

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Alan Scherstuhl

Jun 25, 2013

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. Read full review

Duane Byrge

Jun 18, 2013

Gideon’s Army is an eye-opening insight into a judicial hellhole world that ordinary citizens can never imagine. Read full review

John Anderson

Jun 18, 2013

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. Read full review

David Hinckley

Feb 16, 2016

Gideon’s Army does what the best documentaries have always done: It makes us think about something we’d rather not. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Jul 8, 2013

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. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Feb 16, 2016

What Gideon's Army does is make a respectful case on the behalf of a profession that too often gets maligned. Read full review

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Oct 19, 2013

A fascinating and totally engaging documentary on a subject of deep importance for America's ever-growing epidemic of poverty and incarceration. Can't recommend it enough; this should be mandatory viewing for every American citizen and indeed anyone interested in issues of crime andA fascinating and totally engaging documentary on a subject of deep importance for America's ever-growing epidemic of poverty and incarceration. Can't recommend it enough; this should be mandatory viewing for every American citizen and indeed anyone interested in issues of crime and punishment. Highly recommended alongside the (fictional) film Blackbird, which deftly handles the same issues albeit from a Canadian standpoint.… Expand

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