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By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter at the Toronto Film Festival The actor's latest film Just Mercy premiered in Toronto on Friday. Jordan plays Bryan Stevenson, an Alabama lawyer who defends inmates who have been wrongly accused or not afforded proper legal representation. "I wanted to do whatever I could to get this story out to the masses," Jordan told BBC News. "Bryan Stevenson is an extremely important man, he's a national treasure. So whatever I can do to help this man do his job, if this movie is a tool for him, I feel like I've contributed a little bit." The big screen adaptation of Stevenson's 2014 memoir - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and also stars Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson. The film sees Foxx play Walter McMillan, a man imprisoned after being accused of the murder of a young white woman, despite evidence which proved his innocence. He is placed on death row a year before he has actually been put on trial, and is one of the inmates whose case is taken on by Stevenson. More from Toronto "Being from the south, having gone through certain things myself gives me the DNA of what this is about," Foxx said on the red carpet. But, he stressed: "They tested the movie with an all-black audience and it tested at 97 [out of 100], and then they tested it with an all-white audience and it tested at 98. So it lets you know people are ready to see it and feel it." Stevenson told BBC News: "I think we've heard the data, we've heard the statistics, but we haven't really understood what it means to be the nation with the highest rate of incarceration in the world. To be a nation that condemns people wrongly and unfairly. "It's only when you see what happens up close, the trauma, the abuse, that I think you're motivated to demand change. "I'm really hoping the film mobilises people, energises people, encourages people to expect more from our systems of justice, that too often treat you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. I'm hoping the film will wake people up to that reality." The lawyer and author joked: "I told Michael B Jordan he could keep his Black Panther body when he played me, I didn't want him going on a diet or anything!" Jordan admitted: "Four years ago, when I first got approached for the project, I didn't know that much about the work he was doing down in Alabama. So I took that as a personal challenge." The actor is well known for portraying Erik Killmonger in Black Panther - the hugely successful Marvel movie which also starred Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong'o. Jordan has also starred in Creed and That Awkward Moment. Just Mercy received broadly positive early reviews after its Canadian debut on Friday night, with several critics making reference to its potential in awards season. "In what is already shaping up to be a fierce competition in the lead and supporting male acting categories, Jordan and Foxx just entered the race," said Marc Malkin in Variety. "A couple of Foxx's scenes are transfixing enough to make you hold your breath without realising it," added John DeFoe in The Hollywood Reporter. But, he said: "The big courtroom moments the film constructs for Stevenson, by contrast, sound like prepackaged American idealism. That's not to deny that every thing he says is 100% true; but speeches don't always make for great movies, even in courtrooms where they beg to be delivered." Writing in IndieWire, Eric Kohn said the film's main storyline "doesn't contain nearly enough twists to justify the 136-minute runtime, especially given how many of its circumstances are predetermined". He concluded: "It may not be groundbreaking cinema - but as a celebration of what it takes to eke out justice in a broken system, it's a welcome return to formula."
Michael B Jordan has described the "huge responsibility" he felt while playing a real-life lawyer who represents black inmates on death row.

Another 23 stores will be at risk as it tries to cut their rents by 50%. The retailer is involved in a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) renegotiating terms with its creditors. Paperchase has been hit by fewer customers, increased rents and business rates, and higher costs due to the fall in the value of the pound. Pre-tax profits fell from just over £600,000 in 2017 to a loss of £6.3 million last year, according to accounts filed at Companies House. However, turnover increased 6% thanks to growth in its online and international business. The company is proposing linking some of its rents to store sales. Paperchase's parent company Primary Capital called in advisers from KPMG to explore a potential CVA last month. Will Wright, restructuring partner at KPMG and proposed supervisor of the CVA, said the deal gives the firm "the ability to rationalise its store portfolio by exiting stores that are unprofitable, secure rent reductions where stores are over-rented and implement turnover rents to reflect the highly seasonal nature of the business." Creditors will vote on the proposals on 22 March. Paperchase needs to secure at least 75% creditor approval for the CVA to go ahead.
Stationer Paperchase has proposed a restructuring that involves the closure of five of its 145 stores.

Typical, starring former Eastenders actor Richard Blackwood, focuses on the life and death of Christopher Alder. Mr Alder, 37, choked to death while handcuffed in a Hull police station in 1998. Director Anastasia Osei-Kuffour said there was "an urgency to bring out this story to the masses". Mr Alder, a former Parachute Regiment soldier, died in Queens Gardens police station while handcuffed and lying face down and unconscious in a pool of blood. CCTV footage showed officers laughing and joking. It was more than 10 minutes before police went to his aid. A coroner's inquest found he was unlawfully killed. Misconduct and manslaughter charges were brought against five Humberside Police officers but they were acquitted in 2002. A 2006 report by the police watchdog said four of the officers present in the custody suite when Mr Alder died were guilty of the "most serious neglect of duty" and "unwitting racism". The force has apologised for its failure to "treat Christopher with sufficient compassion". 'Heartbreaking' Ms Osei-Kuffour said her film centred on systemic racism. "It's about the experiences that many black people face and then it's also about Christopher Alder and giving an insight into his humanity as a British ex-serviceman. "There's comedic moments. You enjoy a time with him, but then there are moments when it becomes heartbreaking." The movie, which has been released online, is based on a play written by Ryan Calais Cameron which was performed at the Soho Theatre in London in 2019. Ms Osei-Kuffour, who also directed the play, said the reaction in the theatre meant she thought it should be filmed to bring it to a wider audience. "People in tears, people really moved," she said. "People silenced even because they couldn't believe what they were watching. They couldn't believe it was a true story." Mr Alder's sister, Janet, has campaigned for more than 20 years for further answers over her brother's death. Follow BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk. Related Internet Links Soho Theatre

The director of a film about a man who died in police custody says she hopes it will encourage conversations about racism.

