Summary
Follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+14)
Critics 94Audiences 80GoodWatch 86
Tomatometer100%
Metascore87
Audience score88%
User score8.3
IMDb7.7
Letterboxd · 673 ratings3.6/5
Running time
1 h 36 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9696Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2013
January 21, 2013
13 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Dawn Porter Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- Matthew Hamachek Writer
Production · 1
- Julie Goldman Producer
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