Custody (2016 film)
Custody is a 2016 American courtroom drama film directed and written by James Lapine. The film stars Viola Davis as a judge who presides over the custody case of a Latina woman named Sara who is desperate to keep her children. Hayden Panettiere plays the lawyer given Sara's case, with Ellen Burstyn, Selenis Leyva, Olga Merediz, Dan Fogler, Raúl Esparza, and Tony Shalhoub in other roles. Custody was filmed in New York City in May 2015.
The film world premiered in the Spotlight section of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. The film premiered on Lifetime on March 4, 2017.Cast
- Viola Davis as Judge Martha Schulman
- Catalina Sandino Moreno as Sara Diaz
- Hayden Panettiere as Ally Fisher
- Ellen Burstyn as Beatrice Fisher
- Selenis Leyva as Jackie, Sara's friend
- Olga Merediz as Joyce, Sara's mother
- Dan Fogler as Keith Denholz
- Raúl Esparza as Luis Sanjuro
- Tony Shalhoub as Jason Schulman
- Kate Jennings Grant as Nancy
- Stephen Kunken as Mark Dooley
- Karen Pittman as Elaine Dunbar
- Julius Tennon as Court Officer Joe
