Porter's film is dramatic, unsettling, despairing, and in the end thrilling -- at some point, it grows from a portrait of this country's problems into a celebration of a possible solution.
Like the film itself, Porter’s handful of devoted, charismatic attorneys do a righteous job of reminding people that the accused are innocent until proven guilty, and that the criminal justice system seems otherwise disposed.
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New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Gideon’s Army does what the best documentaries have always done: It makes us think about something we’d rather not.
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The PlaylistKevin Jagernauth
The PlaylistKevin Jagernauth
Porter's film is not just a stirring testament to those taking on a Herculean task of bringing some sense of fairness and balance to an out of whack structure, but a reminder that there is still a far distance to go before everyone is equally represented in front of lady justice.