Justice (2023 film)

{{Short description|2023 documentary film by Doug Liman}}

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Justice is a 2023 documentary film about American Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The film was directed by Doug Liman.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/politics/secret-brett-kavanaugh-documentary-sparks-new-tips-sundance/|title=Secret Brett Kavanaugh Documentary Sparks New Tips Almost Immediately After Premiering at Sundance|website=Peoplemag}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/newsletter/2023-01-21/sundance-film-festival-2023-day-2-justice-brett-kavanaugh-chloe-domont-fair-play-the-wide-shot-the-wide-shot|title=A surprise Brett Kavanaugh documentary came to Sundance. What happens next?|date=January 21, 2023|website=Los Angeles Times}} The film recounts the sexual assault allegations made against Kavanaugh, including the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez. It debuted on January 20, 2023, to a sold-out screening at the Sundance Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/21/sundance-documentary-looks-into-the-brett-kavanaugh-investigation.html|title=Sundance documentary looks into the Brett Kavanaugh investigation|website=CNBC|date=January 21, 2023|access-date=February 19, 2023}}

It features a never-before-heard audio recording made by Partnership for Public Service president and CEO Max Stier, a Yale colleague of Kavanaugh's, that corroborates Ramirez's charges and suggests that Kavanaugh violated another unnamed woman. Stier relays that he witnessed Kavanaugh with his pants down with a group of rowdy soccer players forcing a drunk female freshman to hold Kavanaugh's penis. Stier goes on to explain that he had heard from classmates about Ramirez's similar encounter with Kavanaugh, which she personally describes in the film.{{Cite news |last=Yuan |first=Jada |date=January 21, 2023 |title=Takeaways from Sundance's secret Brett Kavanaugh documentary |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/01/21/brett-kavanaugh-doug-liman-sundance/ |access-date=February 19, 2023}}

The documentary also highlights the narratives Kavanaugh advanced to sway public opinion and gain support of Republicans. It suggests that Kavanaugh and his team were aware of Ford and Ramirez's charges before they became public and preemptively countered them by planting alternate narratives with friends and acquaintances.{{Cite web |last=Kiang |first=Jessica |date=2023-01-21 |title='Justice' Review: Doug Liman's New Brett Kavanaugh Doc Can Only Reignite the Same Old Outrage |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/justice-review-doug-liman-brett-kavanaugh-1235497555/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Schager |first=Nick |date=2023-01-21 |title=New Damning Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegations in Secret Sundance Doc |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegations-in-secret-sundance-doc-justice |access-date=2023-02-19}}