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Marshall is a 2017 American biographical legal drama film directed by Reginald Hudlin and written by Michael and Jacob Koskoff. It stars Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, and focuses on one of the first cases of his career, the State of Connecticut v. Joseph Spell.
Oct 13, 2017 · The 1940s legal thriller “Marshall” is a solid drama that gives viewers a glimpse into an alternate universe—one where African-American actors could be treated as old school movie stars, in period pieces that are less concerned with giving audiences a solemn, Oscar-baiting history lesson than an entertaining story that happens to be drawn ...
In 1940, Thurgood Marshall is a young lawyer for the NAACP who criss-crosses the country defending innocent African-Americans from unjust indictments in court. His latest case is in Bridgeport, Connecticut where an African-American chauffeur is accused of rape of a wealthy white society woman.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Reginald Hudlin
- 2017-10-13
Oct 13, 2017 · The 1940 rape case depicted in the film was soon overshadowed by the rest of Thurgood Marshall's career, but its lesson still matters.
Oct 6, 2017 · Open Road Films. When Connecticut socialite Eleanor Strubing appeared on a highway in Westchester County, New York, soaked, battered and frantic late one night in December 1940, the story she...
- Lorraine Boissoneault
In 1940, Thurgood Marshall is a young lawyer for the NAACP who criss-crosses the country defending innocent African-Americans from unjust indictments in court. His latest case is in Bridgeport, Connecticut where an African-American chauffeur is accused of rape of a wealthy white society woman.
Oct 13, 2017 · What follows is a compelling courtroom drama, full of surprising reveals, and politics skewed by Northern racism. Truly, what makes the movie dynamic is its relentless backdrop of the Jim Crow era, and the beginning of the Second World War.
