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For all the harrowing truth here, about race and poverty and justice, the film is brisk and tight, alive with everyday detail and flashes of humor. Oct 17, 2013 | Full Review…
For all the harrowing truth here, about race and poverty and justice, the film is brisk and tight, alive with everyday detail and flashes of humor.
Alan Scherstuhl
Gideon's Army does what the best documentaries have always done: It makes us think about something we'd rather not. Oct 17, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Gideon's Army does what the best documentaries have always done: It makes us think about something we'd rather not.
David Hinckley
Like the film itself, Porter's handful of devoted, charismatic attorneys do a righteous job of reminding people that the accused are innocent until proven guilty, and that the criminal justice system seems otherwise disposed. Oct 17, 2013 | Full Review…
Like the film itself, Porter's handful of devoted, charismatic attorneys do a righteous job of reminding people that the accused are innocent until proven guilty, and that the criminal justice system seems otherwise disposed.
John Anderson
"Gideon's Army" is a bare film with no narrator and a minimal soundtrack. That's all it needs to grab you by the throat. Jun 28, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
"Gideon's Army" is a bare film with no narrator and a minimal soundtrack. That's all it needs to grab you by the throat.
Stephen Holden
Dawn Porter's engrossing HBO documentary profiles three public defenders in the Deep South. Jun 13, 2013 | Full Review…
Dawn Porter's engrossing HBO documentary profiles three public defenders in the Deep South.
J. R. Jones
Compelling insight into the staggering pressures faced by court-appointed public defenders. Jan 24, 2013 | Full Review…
Compelling insight into the staggering pressures faced by court-appointed public defenders.
Duane Byrge
Gideon's Army is a straightforward, eye-opening snapshot at the uncelebrated, but incredibly crucial work done by a relatively invisible population comprised of government employees. Aug 14, 2017 | Full Review…
Gideon's Army is a straightforward, eye-opening snapshot at the uncelebrated, but incredibly crucial work done by a relatively invisible population comprised of government employees.
Aramide Tinubu
While both the structure and most of the content of Gideon's Army are familiar, it does raise a few issues often left out of similar issues docs. One is the fact that many of the defendants are in fact guilty... Apr 8, 2014 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
While both the structure and most of the content of Gideon's Army are familiar, it does raise a few issues often left out of similar issues docs. One is the fact that many of the defendants are in fact guilty...
Sarah Boslaugh
If Gideon's Army underscores anything it's that the right to counsel is being following in America by the letter of the law, but not the spirit. Oct 17, 2013 | Rating: B | Full Review…
If Gideon's Army underscores anything it's that the right to counsel is being following in America by the letter of the law, but not the spirit.
Kevin Jagernauth
The [public defenders'] personal stories turn out to be every bit as challenging as those of their clients, and their personal investment every bit as crucial. Oct 3, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
The [public defenders'] personal stories turn out to be every bit as challenging as those of their clients, and their personal investment every bit as crucial.
Jamie S. Rich
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