Gideon's Army

Gideon's Army
Directed byDawn Porter
Written byMatthew Hamachek & Dawn Porter
Produced byJulie Goldman, Dawn Porter and Summer Damon
StarringSharon Norwood-Lewis
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • 2013 (2013)
CountryUnited States

Gideon's Army is a 2013 American documentary film about three public defenders in the Southern United States. The movie is directed by Dawn Porter. Its title comes from Gideon v. Wainwright, which required that indigent criminal defendants be offered counsel at trial. The film received the Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize in 2014, as well as the Candescent Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

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