MARSHALL
Narrative Feature | 118 minutes

HIFF 2017

 Spotlight

Directed by
Reginald Hudlin

Produced by
Paula Wagner, Jonathan Sanger, Reginald Hudlin

Written by
Jake Koskoff, Michael Koskoff

Featuring
Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, Sterling K. Brown, James Cromwell

2017 | English | USA

Long before Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) sat on the U.S. Supreme Court, the NAACP sent the young, rabble-rousing attorney to defend a black chauffeur (Sterling K. Brown) against his wealthy employer (Kate Hudson) in a landmark case that became a media sensation. Partnered with Samuel Friedman (Josh Gad)—a green, Jewish lawyer who had never tried a criminal case—the pair struggle against a hostile storm of fear and prejudice, driven to discover the truth in the inspiring trial that set the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement to come in Reginald Hudlin’s engrossing drama.