Custody (2016 film)

Custody
Directed byJames Lapine
Written byJames Lapine
Produced byJames Lapine
Katie Mustard
Lauren Versel
StarringViola Davis
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Hayden Panettiere
Ellen Burstyn
CinematographyZak Mulligan
Edited byMiky Wolf
Music byAntônio Pinto
Production
companies
Lucky Monkey Pictures
Mustard & Co
JuVee Productions
Release date
  • April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17) (Tribeca Film Festival)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Custody is a 2016 American courtroom drama film directed and written by James Lapine. The film stars Viola Davis as a judge who presides over the custody case of a Latina woman named Sara (Catalina Sandino Moreno) whose children are taken away after an episode of domestic violence. Hayden Panettiere plays the lawyer given Sara's case, with Ellen Burstyn, Selenis Leyva, Olga Merediz, Dan Fogler, Raúl Esparza, and Tony Shalhoub in other roles. Custody was filmed in New York City in May 2015.

The film world premiered in the Spotlight section of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. The film premiered on Lifetime on March 4, 2017.