The Defender
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.
- Runtime: 1h 36min
- Production Company: Searchlight Pictures
- Production Country:
United States of America
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Director:
George Tillman Jr.