Marshall (2018)

This movie is nominated in the category of Best Song this year, and like another nominee in the category, Mudbound, the song does not appear until the credits start to roll.  Interesting, but ultimately a trivial point.  Chadwick Boseman does a very respectable job portraying Thurgood Marshall and Josh Gad is his able assistant.  Gad was also in Beauty and the Beast, also in the role of side kick.  There is an interesting connection this year with several actors and actresses being in two Oscar nominated movies, but not as nominated actors themselves.  Again, I digress.
The case is one that occurred early in Marshall's career.  He is a young attorney being deployed around the nation by the NAACP to defend black people who are being wrongly accused and because of their race, being considered guilty before they even go to trial.  This case was in Connecticut and it was significant not because their were segregation or civil rights issues at stake.  It was a case of a black man left with little choices when a white woman seduced him then proceeded to lie about it and accuse him of rape.  She was a victim of domestic violence and while doing a despicable thing, she too was trapped.  It wasn't until Marshall saw that aspect of the case that he uncovered what in fact had actually happened.  It is a great story, and I would love to see this as a mini series, with more of Marshall's cases brought to life.