

Jackson), Tonya’s father, is concerned for his daughter’s safety and health. Fortunately, she’s found and taken to a hospital where she survives her injuries.Ĭarl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Assaulting, raping, and attempting to hang her before leaving her for dead. The pair are merely a nuisance at first but things take a turn when they come across Tonya who is walking alone on what I would consider a desolate road. They’re two raggedy-looking White guys driving around annoying and pestering residents of the Black community within this town. Billy Ray Cobb (Nicky Katt) and Pete Willard (Doug Hutchison) have mullets but let’s not stereotype. Media YouTube VideoĪ young Black girl, Tonya (Rae’Ven Larrymore Kelly), is walking home from buying groceries and runs into two White men who are out joyriding and causing trouble. The pair face off against a prosecutor who is hoping to use the case to advance his career and the murdered men’s supporters who are seeking revenge for their deaths.

Needing legal representation, he seeks the help of a local lawyer with a struggling law practice. A courtroom drama, A Time to Kill follows the case of a Black man who is on trial for murdering two racist White men who viciously attacked and raped his daughter. A Time to Kill is a 1996 film based on a book by John Grisham that takes place in a relatively small community in Mississippi.
