Steel Toes is a 2006

2006 in film

- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

 film directed by David Gow and Mark Adam, and starring Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn

David Strathairn

David Russell Strathairn is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for portraying journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck...

. It was filmed in Montréal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, and was produced by Galafilm. The movie was based on writer/director David Gow's play Cherry Docs .

Plot

David Dunkleman (Strathairn) is a Jewish humanist and a lawyer who works for the court system in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. He is assigned to defend Mike Downey (Andrew Walker

Andrew Walker

Andrew Walker may refer to:*Andrew Walker , Australian rules footballer with Carlton*Andrew Walker , Canadian...

), a member of the Aryan Brotherhood

Aryan Brotherhood

The Aryan Brotherhood, also known as The Brand, the AB, or the One-Two, is a white supremacist prison gang and organized crime syndicate in the United States with about 20,000 members in and out of prison...

who is accused of a brutal, racially motivated murder. Behind prison walls, the two have a clash of ideologies as Dunkleman attempts to put his professional beliefs before his personal beliefs, and his client clings to his hateful beliefs.

Awards

• Dworkin Prize Winner for the Promotion of Tolerance
• Best Feature Film, Beverly Hills Film Festival
• Best New Film, Gottlieb Prize Winner, Jewish Film Festival Detroit
• Best Screenplay, Method Fest Film Festival, LA
• Best Actor, Andrew W. Walker, Whistler Film Fest
• Best Feature (non studio affiliated) Cine Golen Eagle Award, 2007
• Achievement in Independent Cinema, Houston World Fest
• Official Selection: USA Film Festival, Ashland Independent Film Festival, World Houston Film Festival, Tiburon International Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival (incomplete list).