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UNITED STATES · 1996

A Time to Kill

Joel Schumacher
racial justice vigilante revenge legal defense hate groups
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Synopsis

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Year1996
CountryUnited States
DirectorJoel Schumacher
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