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Plot

Carter (Roger Guenveur Smith) is a fed-up public defender who decides to take on the corrupt system the only way he knows how. He sets up a law office in the inner city and begins organizing and activist group in the hopes of exposing the dishonest powers that work behind the scenes. There are those who like the system the way it is, however, and they make Carter's mission a dangerous one. His girlfriend, fearing for her two small children, is reluctant to follow him into the depths of the city's malfeasance, and Carter is learning that making a serious difference in the world might come at a hefty price.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
90min.
DVD Release Date:
08/30/2005
Distributor(s):
Justice Films, Luna Ray Films
Director(s):
John Shulman , Jeanne-Marie Almonor
Starring:
Roger Guenveur Smith , Monica Calhoun , Anna Maria Horsford
Themes:
Inner City Blues,Lawyers,Fighting the System,Political Corruption
Tone:
Earnest,Tense,Stirring
Keywords:
good-samaritan,inner-city,public-defender
Language:
English