 Conviction
Starring by: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Thomas D. Mahard, Owen Campbell, Conor Donovan, Melissa Leo
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn
Screenplay by: Pamela Gray
Release Date: October 15, 2010
MPAA Rating: R for language and some violent images.
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
 Domestic: $6,783,129 (100.0%)
Foreign: ---
Total: $6,783,129 (Worldwide)
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 The story is about a single mother who worked her way through law school in order to free her brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Swank will play the title role in the true story of a high school dropout who would not give up her belief that her brother, Kenneth, had been framed. In between raising kids and waiting tables, she worked her way through college and law school so she could represent her brother after he'd used up his attempts to appeal his conviction through public defenders.
The inspirational true story of a sister’s unwavering devotion to her brother. When Betty Anne Waters’ (two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank) older brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction.
Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice (Academy Award nominee Minnie Driver), Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor (Academy Award nominee Melissa Leo), meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother – and her quest for the truth – pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.
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