Just Mercy

"I came out of law school with grand ideas in my mind about how to change the world. But Mr. McMillian made me realize we can't change the world with only ideas in our minds. We need conviction in our hearts. this man taught me how to stay hopeful, because I now know that hopelessness is the enemy of justice. Hope allows us to push for word, even when the truth is distorted by the people in power. It allows us to stand when they tell us to sit down, and to speak when they say be quiet."

"[in the US Senate hearing about the death penalty] Through this work, I've learned that each of us is more than the worst thing that we've ever done; that the opposite of poverty isn't wealth, the opposite of poverty is justice; that the character of our nation isn't reflected on how we treat the rich and the privileged, but how we treat the poor, the disfavored, and condemned."

"Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson"

"Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian"

"Brie Larson as Eva Ansley"

"Rob Morgan as Herbert Richardson"

"Tim Blake Nelson as Ralph Myers"

"Rafe Spall as Tommy Chapman"

"O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Anthony Ray Hinton"