![all posters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w140/files/images/film/posters/000/075/75894_0c9766.jpg)
Directed by:
Bill DukeCinematography:
Ron StannettComposer:
Michel ColombierCast:
Jonathan Silverman, Ossie Davis, Mpho Koaho, Khafre Armatrading, Boyd Banks, Daniel Kash, Forest Whitaker, Beau Starr, Quancetia Hamilton (more)Plots(1)
They were defiant. They were determined. They were not going down without a fight. Deacons for Defense is the almost forgotten but true story of a group of African American Men who boldly took up arms against the Ku Klux Klan. With the whole world watching, these men changed forever their lives, their town, and their country. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jonathan Silverman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/477/477240_7e56d9.jpg)
Jonathan Silverman
USA
Best movies:
The Odd Couple II (1998)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
12:01 (1993) (TV movie)
![Ossie Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273124_4e41e0.jpg)
Ossie Davis
USA
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
![Mpho Koaho](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/437/162437201_38c0f6.png)
Mpho Koaho
Canada
Best movies:
The Salton Sea (2002)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Black and White (2014)
Khafre Armatrading
Best movies:
Deacons for Defense (2003) (TV movie)
Cybermutt (2002) (TV movie)
![Boyd Banks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272723_9cc676.jpg)
Boyd Banks
Canada
Best movies:
Cinderella Man (2005)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
![Daniel Kash](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058461_8f6c39.jpg)
Daniel Kash
Canada
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Guns (2008) (TV movie)
![Forest Whitaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/438/164438982_ed2bec.jpg)
Forest Whitaker
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Phone Booth (2002)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
![Beau Starr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272011_00fd0a.jpg)
Beau Starr
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
Quancetia Hamilton
Best movies:
Sons of Mistletoe (2001) (TV movie)
Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Melanie Nicholls-King
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
St. Vincent (2014)
Going in Style (2017)
![Marcus Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/462/462460_2dc00a.jpg)
Marcus Johnson
Best movies:
Talk to Me (2023)
Sunset Strip (2000)
Deacons for Defense (2003) (TV movie)
![Tyrone Benskin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312477_437899.jpg)
Tyrone Benskin
Best movies:
300 (2006)
Adam´s Wall (2008)
The Wool Cap (2004) (TV movie)
![A.C. Peterson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/087/190/87190000_6ebcc9.jpg)
A.C. Peterson
Best movies:
Defendor (2009)
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Shooter (2007)
![Paul Benjamin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712219_b8b567.gif)
Paul Benjamin
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
The Station Agent (2003)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Charles W. Gray
USA
Best movies:
I Origins (2014)
Champagne Charlie (1989) (TV movie)
Stella (1990)
![Francis X. McCarthy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/389/160389447_46d361.jpg)
Francis X. McCarthy
USA
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Interstellar (2014)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
![Paulino Nunes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/897/161897008_04e4d6.jpg)
Paulino Nunes
Portugal
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series)
The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002) (TV movie)
Brooklyn (2015)
![Gene Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/414/160414595_3b1873.jpg)
Gene Mack
Best movies:
Police Academy (1984)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
The Diamond Fleece (1992) (TV movie)
Matt Birman
Canada
Best movies:
Quest for Fire (1981)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
The Big Hit (1998)
![Brian Paul](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/853/160853692_09c47b.jpg)
Brian Paul
Best movies:
Sea of Love (1989)
Last Call (2002) (TV movie)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)