The Courtroom has debuted its first trailer, which follows one woman’s journey through the deportation process.
The trailer emphasises the heartbreaking and emotional confrontations that can occur between the black and white sides of the law.
The film, which is a feature adaptation of Moayed’s critically acclaimed play, will premiere as an official selection at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival on June 16.
The Courtroom follows Elizabeth Keathley, a Filipina immigrant who risks deportation after unintentionally voting with her K3 Visa.
All of the speech in the video was extracted verbatim from trial transcripts in order to convey the cold
The Courtroom marks Lee Sunday Evans’ feature directorial debut, and it also stars Marsha Mason.
Topic executive produce alongside Evans, Anne Carey, Ryan Chanatry, and Gena Konstantinakos in their second collaboration with Moayed.
From the low, tense tone playing in the background to the drab courtroom scene and the lawyer’s persistent badgering to get an admission of guilt and uphold the nation’s law
It’s evident from the start that this was only a minor blunder done by someone who doesn’t yet completely comprehend the laws
In the eyes of the law, she could just as well be a seasoned criminal.