When “The Burial,” a film inspired by a real-life court case and starring Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones, was released in theaters briefly before moving to Amazon Prime Video in 2023, the reviews were mostly positive. A few of those reviews singled out the performance of Mamoudou Athie as junior counsel Hal Dockins, with the Chicago Sun Times raving, “he has the presence and the chops of a Broadway force.”
Lawyer Depicted in Jamie Foxx Film Suing Producers Over ‘Misleading’ Portrayal
