DVD
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Marshall
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)
Languages
English dialogue; optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English DVS.
Performers
Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, Sterling K. Brown, James Cromwell, Keesha Sharp, Roger Guenveur Smith, Jussie Smollett, Jeffrey DeMunn.
Publication Information
Universal City, California : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, [2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; mature thematic content, sexuality, violence and some strong language.
Summary
Marshall is based on the incredible true story of future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and one of the landmark cases of his life. It follows the young lawyer to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur charged with sexual assault and attempted murder of his white socialite employer. Muzzled by a segregationist court, Marshall partners with a courageous young Jewish lawyer and together they mount the defense in an environment of racism and anti-Semitism.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.
Subjects
- African American judges > Drama.
- African American lawyers > Drama.
- Trials (Attempted murder) > Drama.
- United States > History > 20th century > Drama.
- United States > Race relations > 20th century > Drama.
- United States. Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Drama.
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 > Drama.