About this Event
Doors Open: 5:30P
Film Begins: 6:00P (please arrive early to allow time for check in and concessions)
Panel Discussion: Immediately to follow film
American Public Square is excited to partner with Glenwood Arts Theater to screen PUBLIC DEFENDER and open a retrospective discussion on January 6th, five years after the fact. This film follows Heather Shaner, a feisty, blue-haired defense attorney in Washington, DC, who has spent over 45 years representing people who can’t afford a lawyer. But her empathy is tested when a violent mob supporting outgoing President Donald Trump storms the U.S. Capitol.
She is assigned to represent Jack Griffith, a social media influencer, and Annie Howell, a single mother and painter. As Heather gets to know her clients, she discovers Jack and Annie were deceived by misinformation and thought they’d joined a righteous defense of democracy, not an authoritarian wave.
PUBLIC DEFENDER explores the delicate state of U.S. democracy, the forces threatening to tear it apart, and the people dedicated to protecting it. When trust is lost amidst a growing political divide, the unlikely bonds between Heather and her clients reveal how people can rise above the fray to find each other’s humanity.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Glenwood Fine Arts Theatre (in the Ranch Mart Shopping Center), 3707 West 95th Street, Overland Park, United States
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