The film is based on the true story of Betty Anne Waters (Swank), an unemployed single mother who puts herself through law school at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island in order to represent her brother (Sam Rockwell), who has been wrongfully convicted of murder.

| Country | USA |
| Director: | Tony Goldwyn |
| Writer: | Pamela Gray |
| Genre: | Biography / Drama / Thriller |
| Release Date: | 2011 (USA) |
| Distributors: | Fox Searchlight Pictures Columbia Pictures Fusion Films |
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