Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Gideon's army / Ford Foundation and HBO Documentary Films present a Trilogy Films production in association with Motto Pictures ; directed and produced by Dawn Porter ; produced by Julie Goldman ; writers, Dawn Porter, Matthew Hamachek.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Third World Newsreel, [2013]

Description:

1 videodisc (96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video all regions

Summary:

Follows a group of public defenders as they work in the Deep South trying to defend their clients who have been charged with a variety of crimes. The attorneys speak about the stress and difficulties working with so many clients, with such limited funds and time to devote to all of them.

Subjects:

Legal aid -- United States.

Legal assistance to the poor -- United States.

Public defenders -- United States.

Right to counsel -- United States.

Criminal procedure -- United States.

Legal aid -- Southern States.

Legal assistance to the poor -- Southern States.

Public defenders -- Southern States.

Right to counsel -- Southern States.

Criminal procedure -- Southern States.

Documentary films.