The Burial Screening + Q&A with Maggie Betts & Doug Wright

Inspired by true events, when a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O’Keefe (Academy Award® winner Tommy Lee Jones) enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary (Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx) to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice in this inspirational, triumphant story.

Screenplay by Doug Wright and Maggie Betts, Story by Doug Wright, Based on The New Yorker Article by Jonathan Harr

Directed by Maggie Betts

Produced by: Bobby Shriver, p.g.a., Jenette Kahn, p.g.a., Adam Richman, p.g.a., Jamie Foxx, p.g.a, Datari Turner, p.g.a., Celine Rattray, p.g.a., Trudie Styler, p.g.a.

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Jamie Foxx, Mamoudou Athie, Dorian Crossmond Missick, Bill Camp, Alan Ruck, Jurnee Smollett, Pamela Reed, Amanda Warren

Rating: R

Run-time: 126 Minutes

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