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title: 'Just Mercy (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Destin Daniel Cretton'
released: '2019-12-25'
runtime_minutes: 131
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/just-mercy-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4916630/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Just Mercy (2019)

2019 · PG-13 · 131 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Just Mercy is a 2019 American biographical legal drama film co-written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson and Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian, together with Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, and Brie Larson. It explores the work of Bryan Stevenson, a young defense attorney representing poor black prisoners on death row in the Southern U.S. The film focuses on is Stevenson's work with Walter McMillian, who had been wrongfully convicted of murdering a young woman. The film is based on Stevenson's 2014 eponymous memoir, in which he explored his journey to making his life's work the defense of African American prisoners.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Destin Daniel Cretton](https://cinepixo.com/people/destin-daniel-cretton)
- **Screenplay:** [Destin Daniel Cretton](https://cinepixo.com/people/destin-daniel-cretton)
- **Editor:** [Nat Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-sanders)

## Cast

- [Michael B. Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-b-jordan)
- [Brie Larson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brie-larson)
- [O'Shea Jackson Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/o-shea-jackson-jr)
- [Jamie Foxx](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-foxx)
- [Tim Blake Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-blake-nelson)

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Official site: https://www.justmercyfilm.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/just-mercy-2019
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