Join LEAP for a Special Screening of MARSHALL
About the Event:
Join us for a special screening of the film MARSHALL. It is the story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining trials - that took place in Bridgeport! Following the movie, the screenwriter and local attorney Michael Koskoff will lead a question and answer session about writing the movie.
6:30 pm - Reception with discounted refreshments available
7:00 pm - Movie starts with Q & A with Michael Koskoff following
About the Movie:
Long before he sat on the United States Supreme Court as the first African-American Justice or claimed victory in Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) was a young rabble-rousing attorney for the NAACP. The motion picture, MARSHALL, is the true story of his greatest challenge in those early days - a fight he fought alongside attorney Sam Friedman (Josh Gad), a young lawyer with no experience in criminal law: the case of black chauffeur Joseph Spell (Sterling K. Brown), accused by his white employer, Eleanor Strubing (Kate Hudson), of sexual assault and attempted murder.
Long before he sat on the United States Supreme Court as the first African-American Justice or claimed victory in Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) was a young rabble-rousing attorney for the NAACP. The motion picture, MARSHALL, is the true story of his greatest challenge in those early days - a fight he fought alongside attorney Sam Friedman (Josh Gad), a young lawyer with no experience in criminal law: the case of black chauffeur Joseph Spell (Sterling K. Brown), accused by his white employer, Eleanor Strubing (Kate Hudson), of sexual assault and attempted murder.
- Director: Reginald Hudlin
- Screenwriters: Michael Koskoff & Jacob Koskoff
- Cast: Chadwick Boseman (The Black Panther), Sterling K. Brown, Kate Hudson, Josh Gad
