Defender
2017, English. Directed by Jeff Adachi & Jim Choi.
A feature film about criminal justice, through the eyes of SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi.
Jeff Adachi is a public defender in San Francisco who takes on the misdemeanor case of 22-year-old Michael Smith, who pleaded not guilty in one of the first body camera cases in the city when he was charged with nine counts of resisting arrest. This urgent documentary shows how far Adachi and his team will fight for the young man’s freedom while exposing black-crime bias in ostensibly liberal SF.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Defender runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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Defender isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 April 2017. (Checked 3 November 2026.)
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Who directed Defender?
Defender (2017) was directed by Jeff Adachi and Jim Choi and stars Jeff Adachi.