Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe, Xzibit, Charles Dutton, Alfre Woodard. Videodisc release of the 2008 motion picture by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Uncommon Productions. Image Entertainment: AIL2938DVD. MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material, violence, drug references and language. Supplemental materials not rated. Special features: Director's audio commentary ; Telluride Film Festival interviews ; Theatrical trailer.
Summary:
A young, single mother of four (Beharie) is wrongly accused of selling drugs near a school and is offered a plea deal that would force her to admit to a crime she didn't commit. She challenges the laws of Texas when, instead of ruining her life with a conviction, she decides to sue the DA for racial discrimination in a case that changes her life as well as the laws of her state. Based on a true story.
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