Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

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• Genre(s): Drama
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Tony Bill
• Cast(s): Courtney B. Vance, Eamonn Walker, Gil Bellows, Chuck Shamata, Heath Lamberts See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 48min
• Music: Van Dyke Parks
• Award(s): Vision 2003 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: The Bluff, Eternity
• Story:
  Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the Belleville High School volleyball team. Three days after her body was discovered, Brandley was arrested as the murderer. Jew Don Boney, a popular activist and Houston city council member, leads the fight to uncover the truth about the Ferguson murder. Mike DeGeurin, a Texas attorney, is brought in to act as the head defense attorney for Brandley, and is joined by a former minister, Jim McCloskey. The lawyers discover that not only is there a complete lack of evidence against Brandley, but the District Attorney, James Keeshan, has been strategizing with the presiding judge. After nine years in prison, three trials and a stay of execution that saved Brandley's life, justice finally prevails as Brandley is granted his freedom.
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