Ricochet
USA / 2021 / 78min. / Documentary
When a young woman is shot by an undocumented immigrant on Pier 14 in San Francisco, the incident ignites a political and media furor that culminates in Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States. In the eye of this storm, two public defenders fight to prove the innocence of the accused man.
About The Director
Jeff Adachi served as the elected Public Defender of San Francisco and was also a filmmaker, writing and directing two PBS award winning films, The Slanted Screen: Asian Men in Film & Television, and You Don’t Know Jack Soo, and the acclaimed short film, Racial Facial, a short film about the history of racism in the United States. Jeff’s previous film, Defender, was selected to premiere at a sold-out screening at the SF International Film Festival and won the Best Documentary film award at the In- dependent Television Festival in Vermont in 2017.
