Clarence Darrow, a liberal lawyer, defended John Scopes, a schoolteacher, in a landmark legal case that attracted the attention of the whole country to Dayton, Tennessee, nearly a century before. Darrow’s groundbreaking defense of free speech has helped to form the foundation of our civil liberties today. The Trial of the Century is a stirring and expertly researched film that calls on our history to bring Americans together in defense of the freedom of speech, especially during this time of division.
