2020 · drama · political
Percy
Directed by Clark Johnson1h 40m2020
Percy Schmeiser, a third-generation farmer, gets sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their patented seeds. With little resources to fight a legal battle, Percy joins forces with up-and-coming attorney Jackson Weaver and environmental activist Rebecca Salcau for a monumental case that leads all the way to the Supreme Court.
Our read: Percy (2020) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / political, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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