''Gideon's Army'' is a 2013 American
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
about three
public defenders in the
Southern United States
The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South) is List of regions of the United States, census regions defined by the United States Cens ...
. The movie is directed by
Dawn Porter. Its title comes from ''
Gideon v. Wainwright'', which required that indigent criminal defendants be offered counsel at trial. The film received the
Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize in 2014, as well as the
Candescent Award at the 2013
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023.
The festival has acted ...
.
Synopsis
Gideon’s Army explores the journeys of three young public defenders in the Deep South challenging assumptions in a strained criminal justice system.
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Documentary films about law in the United States
Documentary films about African Americans
2013 films
2013 documentary films
HBO documentary films
2010s American films
Films directed by Dawn Porter
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