This is a jubilant and mischievous documentary that suggests changing the world for the better is something we can all do.

Five lawyers who work for the non-profit organisation ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) are shown fighting four cases. Each case has its own twists and turns. The attorneys are just as distinct. Brigitte Amiri, for example, is as trendy and hyper-gleeful as rock icon/comedian Carrie Brownstein. Watch Amiris face as she decides, on a train journey, that its time for train wine!

Meanwhile, controversies connected to the organisation are embraced rather than swerved. The ACLUs executive director Anthony D. Romero fought for alt-right activists to get a permit so they could demonstrate in Charlottesville. Not everyone in the company, let alone the world, agreed with the decision. Fights, and in-fighting, are the order of the day.

Most of these lawyers are surprisingly well-off. Still the charming Chase Strangio, who works for LGBTQ rights, has a non-sproncey sitting room and, as he points out, his office is pokier than everyone elses (it really is tiny).

What the lawyers have in common is energy to spare and an approach best described as informal. Technological disasters befall them (errant voice-recognition software converts a dry piece of legalese into a missive on hors doeuvres and Ben Affleck). The team also stumble over their words, forget to read the small print and have children and colleagues who do not always gaze at them with complete admiration. The heroes of this movie arent perfect, which is what makes them such a joy to root for.

Available on demand and screening at Genesis cinema, Mile End

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