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Justice Denied
19891 h 38 min 2 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: Paul Cowan
Production: Adam SymanskyJim BurtPat SchofieldColin Neale
Script: Paul Cowan
Produced by the NFB in association with the CBC.
Mi’kmaq Donald Marshall, was only seventeen when he was sentenced to life imprisonment--for a murder he did not commit. He spent eleven years in a maximum-security prison until, by a series of bizarre coincidences, the real murderer was discovered. Based on the true story of this tragic and controversial case as recorded in the best-selling book by Michael Harris, Justice Denied is a searing indictment of "white man's justice" that traces the dramatic events leading to Marshall's arrest, his trial and nightmarish prison ordeal.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Atlantic RegionCultural ConflictPortraitsSocial Problems
- Law and Crime > Indigenous PeoplesMurder
- Civics/Citizenship > Citizen Responsibilities
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
- Indigenous Studies > History/Politics
- Social Studies > Law
Credits
- director
- Paul Cowan
- script
- Paul Cowan
- producer
- Adam Symansky
- executive producer
- Jim Burt
- Pat Schofield
- Colin Neale
- photography
- David De Volpi
- sound
- Hans Oomes
- editing
- Rita Roy
- Paul Cowan
- sound editing
- Les Halman
- Wojtek Klis
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- music
- Jean Corriveau
- cast
- Daniel MacIvor
- Peter MacNeill
- Steve Marshall
- Billy Merasty
- Vincent Murray
- Thomas Peacocke
- Nicholas Rice
- Wayne Robson
- Ron White
- John Winston Carroll
- Nicola Lipman
- Donald Marshall
- Troy Adams
- Caroline Marshall
- Elias Zarou
Awards
- Honorable Mention - Category: Arts and Culture International Film and Video Festival