Heavens Fall

Director: Terry Green
Cast: Timothy Hutton, David Strathairn, LeeLee Sobieski, Anthony Mackie, Bill Sage, James Tolkan, Maury Chaykin, Bill Smitrovich, Joseph Lyle Taylor, B.J. Britt
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screening in: Spotlight Premieres

9:15 PM, Monday March 13th - Paramount
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Synopsis:
In 1931, nine black drifters were pulled off an Alabama freight train and arrested for allegedly raping two young white women in a gondola car; all were quickly tried and sentenced to the electric chair. News of their convictions spread and the plight of the Scottsboro Boys became a 'cause celebre' that fueled the fire of socialism worldwide, forcing an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and resulting in new trials for all nine defendants. New Yorker Samuel Leibowitz, a savvy, self-assured defense lawyer with an impressive string of courtroom victories, agreed to represent the accused at their retrials in Decatur, Alabama. His journey into the Deep South symbolized the polarity of the times and set in motion a legal battle that ultimately changed the course of American jurisprudence.

Director's Bio:
Terry Green's first feature film, Almost Salinas, won numerous awards on the festival circuit. Terry is also the founder and president of Strata Productions, Chicago's leading independent film producer.