The Burial: David and Goliath Humorous Legal Drama (Free on Amazon Prime)

This film is on Amazon Prime for free, and it's worth seeing.  It's based on a true story that culminated in a trial in 1995.  It's both a legal drama and a comedy. Jeremiah (Tommy Lee Jones) lives in Mississippi and owns about nine funeral homes and a burial insurance business.  Somehow, he has gotten into financial difficulties and his business is in jeopardy.  His contract attorney suggests that he sell a few of them to a large conglomerate that is buying up funeral homes all over the country.  Jeremiah flies up to Canada to meet the CEO, Ray Loewen (Bill Camp), on his yacht and they make the deal.  Four months later, however, the contract still hasn't been signed and Jeremiah's financial situation is growing more desperate. With the help of an inexperienced Black attorney and family friend, Hal (Mamoudou Athhie), Jeremiah realizes that Loewen is deliberately holding back on signing the deal so that he can swoop in to buy Jeremiah's funeral homes for a song.  Jeremiah is furious and decides to sue Loewen for breach of contract.  (This was much like taking on big tobacco.) Hal suggests that Jeremiah hire a charismatic criminal law attorney who knows nothing at all about contract law, Willie E. Gary (Jamie Foxx).  Furthermore, Hal suggests that the case be tried in Hinds Country, which has mostly Black citizens.  The rest of the film, often funny, is about Jeremiah (a white southern conservative man) and Gary's relationship, as well as the 1995 trial.  The screenplay is well-written and the acting is excellent. Bottom Line: If you are not "dead to the world" one evening, see "The Burial."