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    The Defender

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    Overview:

    Scipio Africanus Jones was a courageous attorney who risked his life and career to defend 87 men wrongfully accused of murder in the wake of the Elaine, AR massacre of 1919, when a group of Black sharecroppers meeting in a church about unionization were attacked by a posse organized by white landowners.

    DirectingGeorge Tillman Jr.WritingE. Nicholas Mariani

    Cast

    3

    Scipio Africanus Jones

    Sterling K. Brown

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
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    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Searchlight Pictures
      2. 21 Laps Entertainment
    • Vote Count: 0
    • Popularity: 0.5856
    • Status: Rumored
    • Original title:The Defender

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