the experience of justice on film--multiple replies

MODERATOR'S NOTE:  I sent this group of posts out yesterday and neglected
to edit the subject line.  I want people to be clear that the response
yesterday came from 6 people, and not just from Ana, who was first off the
mark.  So just in case, here it is again as preface to more responses to
follow.
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From: *Rodriguez Navas, Ana* <[email protected]>

 Hi there,
I would say Jim Sheridan's "In the Name of the Father" fulfills pretty much
all the criteria/ feelings you list as associated with the experience of
justice.

Best,
Ana.


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From: *{ brad brace }* <[email protected]>

while the US just-ice system is often the embodiment of
_injustice, the film "Anatomy of a Murder" still comes to
mind

/:b


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From: *Jennifer Steele* <[email protected]>

It's got to be To Kill A Mockingbird.
Jenni


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From: *Michael Morton* <[email protected]>

So many to choose from (including, I am assuming, examples of severe
injustice as well), running the gamut from acknowledged classics to
considerably lesser fare. In no particular order, a few that come to mind
right away:
Paths of Glory
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Thin Blue Line
Memorandum
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Searchers
Unforgiven
M
Eight Men Out
Compulsion
A Time to Kill
The Battle of Algiers

Also, of course, a slew of vigilante and serial revenge films (generally,
I'd say, of much less interest, both cinematically and thematically).

Best wishes for what sounds like a very interesting seminar.

Michael Morton
Duke University
Program in the Arts of the Moving Image


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From: *Rodney Wallis* <[email protected]>

Dead Man's Shoes


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From: *Maiershofer, Erik C* <[email protected]>

Two films come to mind, both of which were screened for a course called
"Justice" that I TA'd for as a grad student
"Billy Budd" the one with a very young Terrence Howard
"The Accused" with Jody Foster

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Erik C. Maiershofer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Hope International University
[email protected]

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