Arrested for the fatal beating of an old lady, petty thief and prostitute Barbara Graham is truculent and aggressive with the police who arrest her as a suspect, but when the evidence against her begins to pile up Barbara relises it's not just her innocence she's going to have to fight for, it's her very life. 'I Want To Live' is a harrowing but utterly addictive story, with an Oscar winning tour de force by Susan Hayward in the central role.
find out more...Scott says: "A very frank look at a crime for which a man is sentenced to die, Herzog goes at the whole thing in typical unsentimental fashion. As the case unfolds and we meet killers, families, lawyers and so on, the investigation is really about the American justice system and death row in particular. Although Herzog’s opinions are clear from the very beginning, he allows his film to show all sides of the issue find out more...
A powerful and thought-provoking true-story, "Just Mercy" follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan might have had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson.) One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walte find out more...