Denial

Denial (2016) is a courtroom drama directed by Mick Jackson that you can watch online on iFILM. It reconstructs a real London trial from the late 1990s, where an American historian had to stand in court and defend a truth the rest of the world already took for granted.

In her book, Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) branded David Irving a man who twists the record on the death camps. Irving (Timothy Spall) sued her for libel, and under English law the burden of proof fell on her side, not his. Her defense came down to two very different men: the sharp solicitor Anthony Julius (Andrew Scott) and the measured barrister Richard Rampton (Tom Wilkinson), who deliberately refuses to put survivors on the stand and turn their pain into theater. Deborah aches to speak for herself, but her lawyers keep both her and the Auschwitz survivors away from the witness box.

Playwright David Hare adapted Lipstadt's own memoir, and the film runs on cold legal logic rather than big emotional speeches. It rewards anyone who enjoys process-driven dramas where the case is won with archives and blueprints, not a stirring monologue. Stream Denial (2016) online on iFILM.