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The Burial is a 2023 American legal drama film directed by Maggie Betts and written by Betts and Doug Wright. It is loosely based on the true story of lawyer Willie E. Gary and his client Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe's lawsuit against the Loewen funeral company, as documented in the 1999 New Yorker article of the same name by Jonathan Harr. [4]
The Burial: Directed by Maggie Betts. With Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Alan Ruck. Inspired by true events, a lawyer helps a funeral home owner save his family business from a corporate behemoth, exposing a complex web of race, power, and injustice.
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- Drama
- Maggie Betts
- 2023-10-13
Oct 18, 2023 · Directed by Maggie Betts, The Burial is based on the true story of how a lawyer named Willie E. Gary represented Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe against the Loewen Funeral Group, tackling themes of corruption within a huge corporation.
Oct 6, 2023 · Director Maggie Betts on her courtroom drama starring Tommy Lee Jones and Jamie Foxx, based on a David and Goliath 1990s court case.
Oct 13, 2023 · The Burial writer-director Maggie Betts has explained the changes she made to the real-life drama.
- Dan Seddon
- 3 min
Oct 13, 2023 · As previously mentioned, The Burial cast is led by Academy Award winners Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones. Foxx has come a long way since his early days on In Living Color. He’s become a household name having starred in box office hits like Ray, Collateral, Django Unchained, Dream Girls and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Oct 6, 2023 · The Burial is directed by Margaret Betts, an up-and-coming filmmaker who gained deserved recognition for her debut feature Novitiate in 2017, a period drama set in the Vatican II era, which...
