This holiday season, a truly inspirational tale full of justice will be released on a limited scale. Just Mercy, starring Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan, tells the tale of Walter McMillian and him being sentenced to death and the trial that ensued. It's a powerful performance, as you can see in the above clip, with Jamie Foxx's McMillian breaking down an experience hs just had during the course of the trial.
Check out Jamie Foxx doing his thing up above, and peep the full synopsis from the film before it hits theaters for a limited run on Christmas Day ahead of its full wide release on January 10, 2020.
A powerful and thought-provoking true story, “Just Mercy” follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them.
