In the Hemphill Film Club we love films and talking about them. We meet monthly on the 4th Thursday. This month we are discussing two classic courtroom dramas. 

From 1957, 12 Angry Men is the story of a jury as they deliberate the conviction or acquittal of a teenager charged with murder. Disagreement and conflict among the jurors forces them to question their morals and values. It stars Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E. G. Marshall and Jack Warden. 

Anatomy of a Murder is the 1959 drama of semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler (James Stewart) who takes the case of Army Lt. Manion (Ben Gazzara), who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife (Lee Remick) claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick (Brooks West) and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer (George C. Scott) to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner (Kathryn Grant), who's hiding a dark secret.

Both are available at the Greensboro Public Library and on some streaming and online resources.

This is an in-person and Zoom event. We welcome newcomers to discuss the joys of film. Contact Ronald Headen at 336-412-6199 or email for more information, or to receive a Zoom registration link.