SHOWING:5 pm, Sun. 9/24 @ Alabama Theatre.
HEAVENS FALL (105 min. / USA)
directed by Terry Green
*Writer/director Terry Green and producer Anna Marie Crovetti are scheduled to attend.
In the spring of 1931 nine black hoboes were pulled off an Alabama freight train and arrested for allegedly raping two young white women in a gondola car. Ranging in ages from twelve to twenty years, they were quickly tried and sentenced to the electric chair. News of their convictions spread and the plight of the Scottsboro Boys became a ‘cause celebre’ that fueled the fire of socialism worldwide, forcing an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and resulting in new trials for all nine defendants. New Yorker Samuel Leibowitz, a savvy and self-assured defense lawyer with an impressive string of courtroom victories, agreed to represent the accused at their retrials in Decatur, Alabama. His journey into the Deep South symbolized the polarity of the times and set in motion a legal battle that ultimately changed the course of American jurisprudence. Above all, it changed Sam Leibowitz. Fighting for a cause he believed to be just, Leibowitz exposed himself to a society impelled by long cherished ideals and values.
Starring Academy Award winning actor Timothy Hutton (ORDINARY PEOPLE, KINSEY) as Samuel Leibowitz, HEAVENS FALL tells the story of one man’s quest for justice. The cast also includes Academy-Award nominee David Strathairn (GOOD LUCK GOOD NIGHT, LIMBO), Bill Sage (AMERICAN PSYCHO), Leelee Sobieski (Joan of Arcadia, EYES WIDE SHUT) and Azura Skye (RED DRAGON, BANDITS).
Director Bio:
Terry Green is the founder and President of Strata Productions, Inc., a motion picture production company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. A native of Indiana, Terry earned a BA degree from Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa and completed his MFA training at the DePaul/Goodman School of Drama in Chicago. Upon graduation, he worked as an actor and director in the Chicago theatre scene of the 1980’s. In 2000, he produced and directed ALMOST SALINAS, a feature film starring John Mahoney and Virginia Madsen. His next project is a feature film based on the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti.
